- Louis ▁Burn ou f ▁( ; ▁ 1 4 ▁September ▁ 1 7 7 5 , ▁in ▁Ur ville , ▁Man che ▁– ▁ 8 ▁May ▁ 1 8 4 4 ) ▁was ▁a ▁French ▁phil ologist ▁and ▁transl ator . ▁ ▁The ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁poor ▁we aver ▁who ▁died ▁early ▁in ▁Burn ou f ' s ▁life , ▁leaving ▁him ▁an ▁or phan , ▁he ▁was ▁admitted ▁to ▁the ▁coll ège ▁d ' H arc ourt ▁in ▁Paris ▁on ▁a ▁scholar ship ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 2 ▁won ▁its ▁Univers ité ▁prix ▁d ' honneur . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁French ▁Revolution , ▁he ▁made ▁his ▁living ▁as ▁a ▁merchant . ▁ ▁Enter ing ▁the ▁Univers ité ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 8 , ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁professor ▁of ▁r het or ic ▁at ▁the ▁l yc ée ▁Char lemagne , ▁and ▁professor ▁of ▁Latin ▁el o quence ▁at ▁the ▁Coll ège ▁de ▁France , ▁from ▁ 1 8 1 7 ▁to ▁ 1 8 4 4 , ▁then ▁inspect or ▁of ▁the ▁Univers ité . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁elected ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Ac adémie ▁des ▁ins cri ptions ▁et ▁b elles - let tres ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 6 . ▁ ▁Jean ▁Louis ▁Burn ou f ▁wrote ▁several ▁transl ations ▁of ▁Latin ▁authors ▁: ▁S all ust , ▁T ac it us , ▁Cic ero , ▁Pl iny ▁the ▁Young er . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁translated ▁into ▁Latin ▁Antoine - L éon ard ▁Ch é zy