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Samuel Rousseau
Samuel Rousseau may refer to: * Samuel Rousseau (orientalist), British Oriental scholar and printer * Samuel Rousseau (composer), French composer * Samuel Rousseau (artist), French artist {{hndis, Rousseau, Samuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Rousseau (orientalist)
Samuel Rousseau (1763–1820) was a British Oriental scholar and printer. He compiled very early Arabic-English and Persian-English dictionaries, and translated and printed the first English-language editions of several important Arabic and Persian works. Family background Samuel Rosseau was the eldest son of Phillip Rousseau, a printer working for William Bowyer, and his wife Susannah. Phillip died in 1814 and was buried at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street. He was the beneficiary of a fund established by Bowyer's will, and was described by John Nichols as 'the father and grandfather of several worthy printers'. Samuel Rousseau's brother James was also a printer, and in his later years oversaw the printing of the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. Early life Samuel was baptised as Samuel Kent Rousseau in St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe, under the auspices of St Ann Blackfriars, on 20 November 1763. St Ann's had been destroyed by the Great Fire of London, and the parish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Rousseau (composer)
Samuel-Alexandre Rousseau (; Neuve-Maison, 11 June 1853 - Paris, 1 October 1904) was a French composer. Life His father made pump organs and Samuel entered the Paris Conservatoire when he was fourteen years old. He studied with Cesar Franck, and Francois Bazin He was choirmaster at Sainte-Clotilde, Paris. He composed the comic opera, ''Leone.'' He won the Prix de Rome in 1878, for his cantata 'La Fille de Jephté', and was awarded the Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ... in 1900. Family He was Marcel Samuel-Rousseau's father. References External links Samuel Rousseauat musicalics.com 1853 births 1904 deaths French Romantic composers French opera composers Prix de Rome for composition Knights of the Legion of Honour {{c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
