births
June 21, 1900
Georges-Henri Bousquet, French economist and Islamologist (died 1978)
Georges-Henri Bousquet
Georges-Henri Bousquet was a 20th-century French jurist, economist and Islamologist. He was a professor of law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Algiers where he was a specialist in the sociology of North Africa. He is also known for his translation work of the great Muslim authors, Al-Ghazali, a theologian who died in 1111 and Tunisian historian Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406). He was known as a polyglot, spoke several European languages and Eastern ones.
June 21
June 21 is the 172nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 193 days remain until the end of the year.