James Darmesteter

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Born	March 28, 1849 • France
Died	October 19, 1894 (aged 45) • Maisons-Laffitte • France
Notable Family Members	brother Arsène Darmesteter
Subjects Of Study	Avestan language • Old Persian language

A.-H. Anquetil-Duperron

French scholar and linguist

Charles Baudelaire

French author

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Jacques Delille

French writer

August Wilhelm von Schlegel

German scholar and critic

Elisabeth Marbury

American theatrical and literary agent

William Caxton

English printer, translator, and publisher

Anthony Munday

English poet, dramatist, pamphleteer, and translator

Alfred M. Tozzer

American anthropologist

Mary Louise Booth

American journalist

Harriet Martineau

British author

Nina Berberova

Russian-American writer

Ferdinand Freiligrath

German poet

Isabel Florence Hapgood

American translator

Allan Bloom

American philosopher and author

Sir Thomas North

English translator

Richard Howard

American author

Sir William Jones

British orientalist and jurist

Gabre-Medhin Tsegaye

Ethiopian author

John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners

English statesman and author

Gregorio Martínez Sierra

Spanish dramatist

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