French linguist and orientalist (1855–1924)
René Basset
Born 24 July 1855 Died 4 January 1924(1924-01-04) (aged 68)Algiers
Occupation Linguist
René Basset (24 July 1855 – 4 January 1924) was a French orientalist , specialist of the Berber language and the Arabic language .
Biography
Letter from Basset to Snouck Hurgronje (1911)
René Basset was the first director of the "École des lettres d'Alger"[ 1] created in 1879[ 1] during the French colonisation of Algeria .
A member of the société Asiatique of Paris as well as those of Leipzig and Florence, he collaborated with the Journal Asiatique and studied Chinese Islam .
André Basset and Henri Basset were his sons.
Publications
Cover of the Chinese Muslim prayers book
Étude sur la zenatia du Mzab [ 2]
Notes de lexicographie berbère , 1887. sur le site Archive[ 3]
La Religion des Berbères de l’antiquité jusqu’à l'islam, Les Belles Lettres ISBN 978-9931-328-03-2
Prières des musulmans chinois , Éditions Ernest Leroux [fr ] , 1878
Les Manuscrits arabes de la Zaouia d'El Hamel , Etablissement typographique Florentin, 1897[ 4] [ 5]
Recherches sur la religion des Berbères , 1910.[ 6]
Son anthologie Mille et un contes, récits et légendes arabes a été rééditée sous la direction de Aboubakr Chraïbi [fr ] , chez José Corti , Collection Merveilleux n° 29, 2005, 2 tomes, 504 et 702 p. (édition originale parue en 1924 chez Maisonneuve frères ). ISBN 2-7143-0858-9
Honours
References
Bibliography
Qui êtes-vous ? Annuaire des contemporains. Notices biographiques (in French). Paris: C. Delagrave. 1924. p. 44. .
Guy Basset, « Basset, René (1855-1924) », in L'Algérie et la France , (p. 96–97)
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