Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (orientalist)
For other uses, see Rousseau.
Not to be confused with the 18th-century dramatists Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
| Jean-Baptiste Rousseau | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Jacques-Joseph Rousseau 10 December 1780 Villeneuve-le-Roi |
| Died |
22 February 1831 (aged 50) Marseille |
| Occupation |
Orientalist Iranologist Translators |
| Spouse(s) | Élisabeth Outrey |
Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Jacques-Joseph Rousseau, most often called Jean-Baptiste Rousseau or Joseph Rousseau, (10 December 1780 – 22 February 1831) was an early 19th-century French orientalist.
He was the son of Jean-François Rousseau or Rousseau of Persia (1753-1808), consul of France in Basra and Baghdad and Anne-Marie Sahid. Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, married with Élisabeth Outrey, was himself consul in Basra in 1805, consul général in Aleppo and regent of Tripoli (1808).
Works
- 1809: Description du pachalik de Bagdad, suivi d'une Notice historique sur les Wahabis
- 1813: Itinéraire de Perse par la voie de Bagdad
- 1817: Mélanges d’histoire et de littérature orientales
- 1818: Mémoire sur trois plus fameuses sectes du musulmanisme, les Wahabis, les Nosaïris et les Ismaélis
- 1818: Notice historique sur la Perse ancienne et moderne
Sources
- France-Iran : quatre cents ans de dialogue, by Florence Hellot-Bellier, Studia Iranica, Cahier 34, 2007, Paris.
External links
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