GIRARD, A. 18?? — Liège 1887. Abbé. Belgian Indologist. Perhaps a student of Nève. He was reputed to have translated the Rigveda in French, but the manuscript has disappeared.

Publications: Le Rig-Véda et ses derniers exégètes. Études védiques. 32 p. Liège 1886.

Sources: Briefly mentioned by W. Callewart, “Indology Studies in Belgium”, Puṣpikā 5, 2020, 5 & by Chr. Vielle, Indianisme et bouddhisme à Louvain, de Félix Nève à Étienne Lamotte (https://dial.uclouvain.be/pr/boreal/object/boreal%3A226663/datastream/PDF_01/view).