Ernest Renan
1823 – 1892 · aged 69
French philosopher and writer (1823–1892)
- Born
- 28 Feb 1823 · Tréguier
- Died
- 2 Oct 1892 · 5th arrondissement of Paris
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- 28 Feb 1823BornBorn in Tréguier
- 1847AwardVolney Prize
- 1864RolePresident
- 1867RolePresident
- 1878 – 1892RoleMember of the Académie française
- 1883 – 1892RoleDirector of the Collège de France
- 1884 – 1892RolePresident
- 1888AwardGrand Officer of the Legion of Honour
- 2 Oct 1892DiedDied in 5th arrondissement of Paris
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- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
Biography
Joseph Ernest Renan ( ruh-NAHN; French: [ʒozɛf ɛʁnɛst ʁənɑ̃]; 27 February 1823 – 2 October 1892) was a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, writing on Semitic languages and civilizations, historian of religion, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar, and critic. He wrote works on the origins of early Christianity, and espoused popular political theories especially concerning nationalism, national identity, and the superiority of White people over other human races.
Renan is among the first scholars to advance the Khazar theory, which held that Ashkenazi Jews were descendants of the Khazars, Turkic peoples who had adopted the Jewish religion and allegedly migrated to central and eastern Europe following the collapse of their khanate. On this basis he alleged that the Jews were "an incomplete race."
He led an archaeological expedition "Mission to Phoenicia. 1864-1874" to Lebanon, Syria and Palestine trying to track the ancient Phoenicians.
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