French Hebrew scholar, father of the preceding; born in Mayence on the 21st of August 1811; studied at the universities of Giessen and Bonn, taking his degree at the former. He studied at Paris under Quatremere, Reinaud and Perceval. In 1856 he became reader of Oriental texts for the National Bureau of Printing. In 1871 he was elected a member of the Academy of Belles-Lettres. In 1877 he became director of Semitic languages in the College for Practical Higher Studies. Among his published works are Two Hebrew Versions of the Lives of Kalilah and Dimnah (1881); A History of Palestine (1867); and a number of other works on kindred subjects.
