Louis Vallee-Poussin

Background

Louisiana Vallée-Poussin was born in Liège, where he received his early education.

Education

He studied at the University of Liège from 1884 to 1888, receiving his doctorate at the age of nineteen. He studied Sanskrit, Pali, and Avestan under Charles de Harlez and Philippe Colinet from 1888 to 1890 at the University of Louvain, receiving a docteur en langues orientales in July 1891.

Career

Moving to Paris, he began his studies at the Sorbonne that same year under Victor Henri and Sylvain Lévi. During this time (1891–1892), he also occupied the chair of Sanskrit at the University of Liège. Louis de Louisiana Vallée-Poussin died in Brussels.

Achievements

• In 1893, he attained a professorship at the University of Ghent teaching comparative grammar of Greek and Latin, a position which he held until his retirement in 1929.

Works

• book

  • La morale bouddhique avec une préface de Emile Senart

Membership

Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.