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Eugène Aristide Marre
Person · 1823-1918

Eugène Aristide Marre was a French linguist who published several works. His Grammaire Tagalog was published by Bijdnagem in The Hague in 1901 in French.

Eugène Burnouf
Person · 1801-1852

Eugène Burnouf (April 8, 1801 – May 28, 1852) was an eminent French scholar and orientalist who made significant contributions to the deciphering of Old Persian cuneiform.

Person · 1811-1838

Eugène Jacquet (1811-1838) was one of the earliest European scholars to make a comprehensive study of the numerical notations in India. He was born in Brussels on 10 May 1811. His family moved to Paris when he was two years old and after an education in Classical Studies he concentrated on eastern studies learning Persian, Arabic, Chinese, and Sanskrit. Eugène Jacquet was introduced to the Société Asiatique, Paris, on 7 September 1829 where he became soon one of the most active members. On 7 July 1838, he died of exhaustion, with a pencil and a notebook in his hands, amongst the coins sent to him by General Court because Jacquet was recognized as an authority in Indian epigraphy and numismatics.

Eugénie Henderson
Person · 1914-1989

Eugénie Henderson was Lecturer in South East Asian languages and SOAS and Head of the Department 1960-1966. She served as Chair of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain from 1977 to 1980, and President of the Philological Society from 1984 to 1988.