Quatremère, Étienne Marc, French Orientalist, born in Paris; was professor at the College of France; was distinguished for his knowledge of Arabic and Persian, as well as for his works on Egypt; was of vast learning, but defective in critical ability (1782‒1857).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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