Desverges, Marie Joseph Adolphe Noel

Desverges, Marie Joseph Adolphe Noel a French Orientalist, was born at Paris in 1805, where he also pursued his Oriental studies. He was a member of the Asiatic Society, and corresponding member of the Academy of Inscriptions. He died at Nice, January 2, 1867, leaving, Vie de Mohammed d'Aboulfeda, in Arabic, with a French translation (1837): — Histoire de l'Afrique sous la Domination Musulmane (1841): — l'Etrurie et les Etrusques (1864, 2 volumes). For the Univers Pittoresque he prepared that part which treats of Abyssinia and Arabia. (B.P.)