Joseph Heliodorc Garcin De Tassy, a French orientalist, born in Marseilles, Jan. 20, 179-4. He studied in Paris, and at the recommendation of his teacher, Sylvestre de Sacy, a new chair was established for him in the school of living oriental languages, which he continued to till in 1873. His principal work is Histoire de la litterature hindoue et hindoustani (2 vols., 1837; new ed., 1873). A second edition of his Rudiments de la langue hindoustani appeared in 1863, and a 4th edition of his Poesie philosophique et religieuse chez les Per-sans in 1864.