Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy (17 October 1801 – 14 February 1879) was a French journalist. He was born in Paris, the son of the linguist Antoine-Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838), who in 1813, was created a baron by Napoleon. His name "Ustazade" means "son of the master" in Persian, presumably due to his father's status as a celebrated orientalist. From 1828 to 1877, he was a literary and political contributor to the Journal des Débats. He became a curator at the Bibliothèque Mazarine in 1836 and became its administrator in 1848. He was elected to the Académie française on 18 May 1854, and became a senator in 1865.[1][2][3]
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| Born | Samuel Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy 17 October 1801 Paris, France |
| Died | 14 February 1879 (aged 77) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Relatives | Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (father) |
References
edit- ^ Larousse, Pierre (1877). "SACY (Samuel-Ustazade SILVESTRE DE)". Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle, p. 1806 (in French)
- ^ Académie française. Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy. Retrieved 22 March 2017 (in French).
- ^ Weiss, Jean-Jacques (ed.) (1889)."Silvestre de Sacy". Le livre du centenaire du Journal des débats, 1789-1889, pp. 192–202. E. Plon Nourrit & Cie (in French)