Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy | |
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Born | Samuel Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy 17 October 1801 Paris, France |
Died | 14 February 1879 (aged 77) Paris, France |
Occupation | Journalist |
Relatives | Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (father) |
Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy (17 October 1801 – 14 February 1879) was a Jewish French journalist.
He was born in Paris, the son of the linguist Antoine-Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838), who in 1813 was created a baron. From 1828 to 1877 he was a literary and political contributor to the Journal des Débats. He became a curator at the Bibliothèque Mazarine in 1836 and became its administrator in 1848. He was elected to the Académie française on 18 May 1854, and became a senator in 1865.