Antoine Cabaton (11 December 1863 – 25 November 1942) was a French
philologist
Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...
, one of the founders of the
insulindian studies. Besides his teaching duties, his researches and publications were devoted not only to language but also religion, history and contemporary issues.
Bibliography
*1901
''Nouvelles recherches sur les Chams''*1906
''Dictionnaire cam-français'' with
Étienne Aymonier
Étienne François Aymonier (26 February 1844 – 21 January 1929) was a French linguist and explorer. He was the first archaeologist to systematically survey the ruins of the Khmer empire in today's Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and southern Vietnam ...
,
École française d'Extrême-Orient
The French School of the Far East (french: École française d'Extrême-Orient, ), abbreviated EFEO, is an associated college of PSL University dedicated to the study of Asian societies. It was founded in 1900 with headquarters in Hanoi in wh ...
*1909: ''Les Indes néerlandaises'', translated into English as soon as 1911
*1912: ''Catalogue sommaire des manuscrits indiens, indo-chinois et malayopolynésiens de la Bibliothèque nationale''
*1922: Participation to the ''L'Encyclopédie de l'Islam''
* numerous articles in the ''Revue du monde musulman'' from 1906 to 1926, for example :
** ''Notes de bibliographie indo-néerlandaise'',
** ''Les Moros de Soulou et de Mindanao'',
** ''Un congrès de jeunes Javanais'',
** ''Les Malais et l'avenir de leur langue''.
External links
Un grand précurseur : Antoine Cabaton (1863-1942)by
Denys Lombard Denys Lombard (1938 – January 8, 1998) was a leading Asian expert with contributions to Southeast Asian studies, Sinology, and the history of maritime Asia. He was famous for efforts to compare insular Southeast Asia and the Asian Seas to the Medi ...
in ''
Archipel''. Volume 26, 1983. p. 17-24.
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People from Cher (department)
1863 births
1942 deaths
Linguists from France
Indonesianists
French anthropologists
French orientalists
École du Louvre alumni
Members of the Société Asiatique
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur