PIETRASZEWSKI, Ignacy (Ignatius). Biskupiec, Warmia 31.12.1796 — 16.11.1869. Polish Orientalist. Son of Baltazar Pietrazewski (d. 1802) and Barbara Ciecierska. Studied at Vilnius, 1826-31 at St.Petersburg (Turkish, Persian, Arabic). In 1832-40 worked in Russian consulates in Constantinople, Jaffa, Thessalonika and Alexandria. Taught briefly Turkish at St.Petersburg. From 1844 living in Berlin. Ph.D. Berlin.
Publications: Zend Avesta ou plutôt Zen-Daschta expliquè d’après un principe tout à fait noveau. 1-2. B. 1858-62.
– Abregé de la grammaire Zend. B. 1861.
– Oriental publications.
Sources: *Polish and *Russian Wikipedia, both with portrait.
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