Burnouf, Eugene, an illustrious Orientalist, born in Paris; professor of Sanskrit in the College of France; an authority on Zend or Zoroastrian literature; edited the text of and translated the “Bhâgavata Purána,” a book embodying Hindu mythology; made a special study of Buddhism; wrote an introduction to the history of the system (1801‒1852).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Burnley * Burns, John