Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy - Famous Students

Famous Students

  • Jean-François Champollion, orientalist, translator of the Rosetta stone
  • John Martin Augustine Scholz, Professor in Bonn
  • Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer, Professor in Leipzig
  • Johann Gottfried Ludwig Kosegarten, Professor in Jena and in Greifswald
  • August Ferdinand Mehren, Professor in Copenhagen
  • Justus Olshausen, Professor in Kiel
  • Johann Gustav Stickel (1805–1896), Professor in Jena
  • Carl Johan Tornberg (sv) (1807–77), Professor in Uppsala
  • Louis-Mathieu Langlès, Curator, Bibliothèque Nationale
  • Adam Franz Lennig, German Catholic theologian, and one of the most influential German priests of his day.
  • Samuel Gobat, Anglican-Lutheran Bishop of Jerusaelm

De Sacy assisted the young composer Fromental Halévy in his early career, giving him a testimonial during his application for the Prix de Rome.

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