Constantin-François Volney (1757-1820), scholar
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Constantin-François Volney (1757-1820) was a French scholar.
Biography
Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney was born on February 3, 1757 at Craon (Mayenne), France.
He studied Classical languages and spent some years in the Middle East to learn Arabic.
Back in France, he was professor of history at the newly founded École Normale and became a member of the Académie française in 1795.
He died on April 25, 1820 in Paris, France and was buried there at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Volney was one of the first proponents of the Jesus Myth Theory.