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Louis Machuel

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Notable figure 1848–1921 · Source: Najib al-Aqiqi, al-Mustashriqun, 3rd ed. (Cairo: Dar al-Maʿarif, 1964), vol. 1, p. 221; Yahya Murad, Muʿjam asmaʾ al-mustashriqin, p. 1018 · Second source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, authority record: Machuel, Louis (1848-1921), born Algiers, died Tunis; director of public instruction in Tunisia 1883-1908

From France; worked in Algeria and Tunisia

Field: Teaching Arabic

Affiliation

Teacher of Arabic; author of an Arabic–French dictionary

Biography

Born in Algiers, he directed public education in Tunisia (1883–1908) and taught Arabic at its school, mastering the local colloquial. He wrote school books for learning Arabic, published the Voyages of Sindbad as a reader (1874), an Arabic–French dictionary (Algiers 1877–1881) and a French–Arabic dictionary of the classical language, revised de Sacy's Grammaire arabe (1904), and wrote on the reform of Arabic script (1913).