Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron
Report and fame
Report and fame
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In June 1762, Anquetil\-Duperron's report was published in the *[Journal des sçavans](/wiki/Journal_des_s%C3%A7avans "Journal des sçavans")*, and he became an instant celebrity. The title of his report indicated that he had gone to India to "discover and translate the works attributed to [Zoroaster](/wiki/Zoroaster "Zoroaster")." It appears that this mischaracterization of his objective was in order to be seen as having achieved what he intended.

The librarian Jean\-Jacques Barthélemy procured a pension for him and appointed him interpreter of oriental languages at the Bibliothèque du Roi. In 1763, he was elected an associate of the [Académie des Inscriptions et Belles\-Lettres](/wiki/Acad%C3%A9mie_des_Inscriptions_et_Belles-Lettres "Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres") and began to arrange for the publication of the materials he had collected during his travels.

In 1771, Anquetil\-Duperron published his three\-part *[Zend Avesta](/wiki/Zend_Avesta "Zend Avesta")* which had been ascribed to [Zoroaster](/wiki/Zoroaster "Zoroaster") and which included not only a re\-translation of what the priests had translated into Persian for him but also a travelogue (**), a summary of the manuscripts that he collected (**), a biography of Zoroaster (**), a translation of the [Bundahishn](/wiki/Bundahishn "Bundahishn"), and two essays (** and **).


In what year was Anquetil-Duperron elected an associate of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres?