Remusat

Remusat, Jean Pierre Abel (1788-1832), Orientalist, was a member of the medical profession, who learnt Chinese in early life and was led by his studies to devote himself almost exclusively to that language. He published in 1811 a couple of treatises on the literature Of China, became professor of Chinese at the College de France, and helped to found the Asiatic Society of Paris, of which he was president. Among his works, which are very well written, is a translation of a Chinese novel.