Georges-Henri Bousquet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georges-Henri Bousquet

French jurist and Islamic studies scholar

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1900

Place of Birth: Meudon, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1978

Profession: jurist, economist, translator, Islamicist, professeur des universités

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Georges-Henri Bousquet (21 June 1900, Meudon – 23 January 1978, Latresne) was a 20th-century French jurist, economist and Islamologist.
He was Professor of law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Algiers where he was a specialist in the sociology of North Africa (Berbers, Islam).
He is also known for his translation work of the great Muslim authors, Al-Ghazali, a theologian who died in 1111 and Tunisian historian Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406).
He was known as a polyglot, spoke several European languages (Dutch, his second mother tongue, English, German, Italian, but also Spanish, Danish, Norwegian ...) and Eastern ones (Arab, Malay ...).