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Léon d'Hervey de Saint-Denys

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Léon d'Hervey de Saint-Denys
Born Marie-Jean-Léon Le Coq
6 May 1822(1822-05-06)
Paris, Kingdom of France
Died 2 November 1892 (71)
Paris, Third French Republic
Nationality French
Alma mater École Nationale des Langues Orientales Vivantes; Collège de France
Workplace(s) Collège de France (1874-1892)
Field(s) Sinology

Marie-Jean-Léon Le Coq (May 6, 1822 - November 2, 1892) was a French nobleman, the Baron of Hervey de Juchereau and Marquis of Saint-Denys, who was an academic sinologist, employed as a professor of Chinese language and translator, and early oneirologist, noted for his 1867 book Les Rêves et les Moyens de les Diriger ("Dreams and the Ways to Direct Them").

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