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Jean Allemand
Jean
Allemand
was a French
Catholic priest
and
Orientalist
,
born
19 November
1799; died
9 August
1833.
After his
ordination
he was made
professor
of
Sacred Scripture
in the
Roman Seminary
,
Consultor
of the
Congregation of the Index
,
Censor
of the
Academy of the Catholic Religion
, and editor of the "Annales des sciences religieuses". He wrote on
Purgatory
against
Dudley
, and a warning against the
hieroglyphic
discoveries
of
Champollion
.