Charles Pellat


Charles Pellat was a French Arabist. He was a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and an editor of the Encyclopaedia of Islam.

Life

Charles Pellat was born in Souk Ahras, French Algeria.
He was professor of Arabic at the Collège Louis le Grand from 1947 to 1951, at the École des langues orientales from 1951 to 1956, and at the Sorbonne from 1956 to 1978. In 1984 he became a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.
He translated several works by al-Jāḥiẓ into French.

Works