Jean Sauvaget (27 January 1901 – 5 March 1950) was a 20th-century French orientalist and

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, professor at the

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. After studying at the

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and graduating in Arabic at the

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, Sauvaget became a member (in 1924) then general secretary (in 1929) of the

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. In 1937, he was elected at the

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, director of studies in history of the Islamic East. He obtained the title of

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of letters in 1941, and then taught lessons at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, the

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as well as at the

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. In 1946, at the initiative of

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, he was elected professor at the

, Chair of History of the Arab world. His opening lecture of March 15, 1946 was published in ''Revue africaine''.

Sources

* Louis Robert, «Jean Sauvaget (1901-1950)», ''Revue historique'', 76e année, t. CCVII, January–March 1952, . * Louis Robert refers to obituaries published by

Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes (15 December 1862 – 12 August 1957) was a French Arabist, a specialist in Islam and the history of religions. His best known works are his historical and religious studies on Hajj and Muslim institutions. He also t ...

(1863-1957) in ''

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'', 27, 1950, (p. 383–385), as well as

Régis Blachère Régis Blachère (30 June 1900 – 7 August 1973) was a French orientalist and translator of the Qur'an. Bibliography *1975: ''Analecta'', Institut français de Damas, Damas, 1975. *2002: ''Le Coran'', Presses universitaires de France, (Que s ...

(1900-1973) in the ''Journal asiatique'', 239, 1951, (p. 1–4) and in the ''Annuaire de l'École des hautes études. Sciences historiques'', 1950-1951, (p. 13–13). {{DEFAULTSORT:Sauvaget, Jean 20th-century French historians French orientalists French Arabists Collège de France faculty École pratique des hautes études faculty 1901 births People from Niort 1950 deaths Historians of Syria