Antoine Galland

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Antoine Galland was a French Orientalist and archaeologist best known for introducing the Middle Eastern tales of The Arabian Nights to European audiences through his influential early 18th-century translation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
orientalist ⓘ
translator ⓘ
birthDate 1646-04-04 ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
collected Middle Eastern manuscripts ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
deathDate 1715-02-17 ⓘ
employer Bibliothèque du Roi ⓘ
Collège de France ⓘ
era Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period
familyName Galland ⓘ
linked to: Adolf Galland
fieldOfWork Oriental studies ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
translation ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Antoine ⓘ
influenced European reception of Middle Eastern literature ⓘ
knownFor early 18th-century French translation of The Arabian Nights ⓘ
introducing One Thousand and One Nights to European audiences ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
memberOf Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres ⓘ
linked to: Institut de France
name Antoine Galland ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
notableWork French translation of One Thousand and One Nights ⓘ
Les Mille et Une Nuits ⓘ
linked to: The Arabian Nights
occupation archaeologist ⓘ
orientalist ⓘ
translator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingdom of France ⓘ
Picardy ⓘ
Rollot ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
studied Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
translatedFromLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
traveledTo Constantinople ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Syria ⓘ
workLocation Paris ⓘ
wroteInLanguage French ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antoine Galland → name → Antoine Galland ⓘ
Ali Baba → laterRecordedBy → Antoine Galland (as part of Arabian Nights corpus) ⓘ
linked to: Antoine Galland
Aladdin (folk tale) → translator → Antoine Galland ⓘ
Rollot → hasBirthplaceOf → Antoine Galland ⓘ