Louis-Pierre-Eugène Sédillot


Louis-Pierre-Eugène Amélie Sédillot , was a French orientalist and historian of science and mathematics.

Biography

His father, Jean Jacques Emmanuel Sédillot, orientalist and astronomer, worked alongside Delambre and Laplace. His older brother, Charles-Emmanuel Sédillot, became a renowned surgeon. Louis-Pierre-Eugene also showed predispositions towards study. He began his career as a history teacher before becoming Secretary of the Collège de France and the School of Oriental Languages in 1832.

Selected works