Quotes:Rougé, Emmanuel de

Zirkoff, Boris

Rougé, Olivier Charles Camille Emmanuel, Vicomte de. French Egyptologist, b. at Paris, April 11, 1811; d. at Bois-Dauphin (Sarthe), Dec. 27, 1872. Gained early reputation of authority in Egyptology. Conservator of Egyptian Museum, Louvre, 1849. Prof, of Egyptian Archaeology, Collège de France, 1860. Made important advances in translating Egyptian hieroglyphics; discovered prototypes of Semitic alphabet in Egyptian hieratic; formulated improved system for study of Egyptian grammar.

Works: Études sur le Rituel Funéraire des anciens Égyptiens. Paris: Didier and Co., 1860. 83 pp. — Mémoire sur l'origine Égyptienne de l’alphabet Phénicien. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 381 1874. 110 pp. 8vo. — Chrestomathie Égyptienne. Paris: A. Franck, 1867-76. 4 vols.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 5, pp. 380-381