James Darmesteter: Cimetière de Maisons-Laffitte #1

 

'CI-GÎT
JAMES DARMESTETER
PROFESSEUR AU COLLÈGE DE FRANCE
NÉ À CHÂTEAU-SALINS
LE 28 MARS 1849
MORT À MAISONS-LAFFITTE
LE 19 OCTOBRE 1894

ET SA FEMME
MARY DARMESTETER'

James Darmesteter is noted for his work on the Avesta, the holy book of Zoroastrianism, which he translated into English with L. H. Mills (1883–87); he also wrote a three-volume translation of the book in French (1892–93).

 

His other published books include works on Persian poetry and mythology, popular Afghan songs, and Jewish history.