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Sylvain Lévi
French orientalist and indologist (1863–1935)
Sylvain Lévi (French pronunciation:[silvɛ̃levi]; March 28, 1863 – October 30, 1935) was an influential French orientalist and indologist who taught Sanskrit and Indian religion at the École pratique des hautes études.[1][2]
Lévi's book Théâtre Indien is an important work on the subject of Indian performance art, and Lévi also conducted some of the earliest analysis of Tokharian fragments discovered in Western China.
Sylvain levitt biography
Lévi exerted a significant influence on the life and thought of Marcel Mauss, the nephew of Émile Durkheim.
Sylvain Lévi was a co-founder of the École française d'Extrême-Orient in Hanoi.
According to the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Lévi was the (one of the) founder(s) of the École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) (French School of the Far East) in Hanoi.[3] The École française d'Extrême-Orient's website notes that the school was founded in Hanoi in 1902