Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy explained

Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy
Birth Name:Samuel Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy
Birth Date:17 October 1801
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Date:14 February 1879 (aged 77)
Death Place:Paris, France
Occupation:Journalist

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]

Notes and References

  1. Larousse, Pierre (1877). "SACY (Samuel-Ustazade SILVESTRE DE)". Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle, p. 1806
  2. [Académie française]
  3. 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