Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin

|birth_place=Jupille-sur-Meuse, Belgium |death_date= |death_place=Lièges, Belgium |occupation=Professor |employer=University of Liège |alma_mater=Catholic University of Leuven |resting_place=Cimetière de Robermont, Liège |organization=Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Association for the Advancement of Iranian Studies
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters |awards=Prix de la langue française (1956)
Honorary doctorate from the University of Tehran (1974) |notable_works= (1948)
(1962) |spouse=Marcelle Duchesne-Guillemin }} Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin (né Jacques Duchesne, born 21 April 1910 in Jupille and died 8 February 2012 in Liège) was a Belgian linguist, philologist, and orientalist who was professor at the University of Liège and specialized in ancient Iran. Duchesne-Guillemin began his teaching career with the untimely death of his collaborator and mentor at the University of Liège, Auguste Bricteux, in 1937, becoming a professor in 1943 and a full professor in 1964.

With the publication of his ''Zoroaster'' (a translation of the Gāthās of the Avesta, consisting of seventeen hymns attributed to Zoroaster) in 1948, Duchesne-Guillemin became one of the major figures in the study of the Avestan language of ancient Iran. At different times in his career, he lectured at Columbia University, the University of Chicago, and the University of California at Los Angeles. His 1962 ''La Religion de l’Iran Ancien'' is still considered a masterpiece and the best scholarly introduction to Zoroastrianism despite the decades of subsequent developments in the scholarship of the religion. His international reputation culminated in his appointment, in 1973, as editor of the series ''Acta Iranica''.

In 1974, Duchesne-Guillemin was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Tehran. Provided by Wikipedia