HERBELOT, är"blö, DE MOLAINVILLE, BARTHĖLEMY D': French Orientalist; b. in Paris Dec. 4, 1625; d. there Dec. 8, 1695. He studied at the University of Paris, where he devoted himself particularly to Oriental languages. Subsequently he spent a year and a half in Italy, going there to establish relations with people from the Orient. On his return to France he received the patronage of Fouquet and a pension of 1,500 livres. Of this last, however, he was deprived on the fall of his patron in 1661, but was then appointed secretary and interpreter of Oriental languages to the king. On a second visit to Italy in 1666, Ferdinand II. of Tuscany presented him with many valuable Eastern manuscripts, and sought to retain him at his court. Recalled to Paris by Colbert, he was granted a pension by Louis XIV.; and in 1692 he was appointed the successor of J. d'Auvergne in the chair

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of Syriac at the College Royal. His life was spent chiefly in the preparation of his well-known BZlio lUque orientale, ou dictionnaire univerael contenant g6n&alement tout ce qui regards la connoiasance des peuplea de d'Orimt (ed. A. Galland, Paris, 1697; reprinted, Maastricht, 1776 [supplement, 1780]; Germ. transl., 4 vols., Halle, 1785-90; best ed., 4 vols., The Hague, 1777-79). The work is mainly an abridged translation of the immense Arabic encyclopedia of Hajji Khalfa, but it also contains the substance of other compilations and manuscripts. Despite occasional inaccuracies and inconsistencies, it has proved an invaluable storehouse of Oriental learning, and remains till to-day the only work of the kind in this field. The Hague edition contains a supplement by A. Galland and C. de Visdelou, together with additional notes by H. A. Schultens and J. J. Reiske. A less desirable edition is the abridgment of M. Desessarts (6 vols., Paris, 1781-1783).

Bibliography: C. Perrault, Lee Hoimnss iUur*ww, vol. ii ., P0. 1700; C. Aneillon, Wnwirm eoncarnant Iea vs*se . . de . . . modernea cabbree, p. 134, Amsterdam, 1709;

Niobron, Manoirea, vol. iv.; Lichtenberger, EBR, vi. 186- 187.

HERBEN, STEPHEN JOSEPH: Methodist Episcopalian; b. at London May 11, 1861. He emigrated to the United States in childhood, and was graduated at Northwesterb University, Evanston, Ill., in 1889, and Garrett Biblical Institute, Chicago, in 1891. In the latter year he was ordained to the Methodist Episcopal ministry, and was assistant editor of the Epworth Herald from 1890 to 1895, and of the Christian Advocate from 1895 to 1904. Since the latter year he has been editor of the Eptoorth Herald.