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Michel-Ange-André Le Roux Deshauterayes

ميشيل أنج أندريه لو رو دي هوتراي

Notable figure 1724–1795 · Source: Johann Fück, Tarikh harakat al-istishraq (Die arabischen Studien in Europa), trans. ʿUmar Lutfi al-ʿAlim, 2nd ed., Dar al-Madar al-Islami, Beirut 2001, p. ١٢٦، ١٤٢ · Second source: Klaus Karttunen, Persons of Indian Studies: Le Roux Deshautesrayes, Michel-Ange-André (citing Michaud and Silvestre de Sacy's notice)

Field: Teaching Arabic

Affiliation

Arabic chair at the Collège royal; drew Eastern scripts

Biography

Born at Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, he learned Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and Chinese from his uncle Étienne Fourmont. He was an interpreter at the Royal Library and then professor of Arabic at the Collège royal in Paris until he retired about 1784. Since the Oriental types had been forgotten in France, he turned to copper engraving for his work on Eastern scripts (1766).