▁studied ▁Greek , ▁Latin , ▁Heb rew , ▁and ▁Arab ic . ▁ ▁Back ▁in ▁Paris , ▁he ▁attended ▁lect ures ▁delivered ▁at ▁the ▁Coll ège ▁de ▁France ▁by ▁Carl ▁Bened ict ▁H ase ▁( G reek ), ▁Antoine - Is a ac ▁Sil vest re ▁de ▁S acy ▁( A rab ic ) ▁and ▁Jean - Pierre ▁Ab el - R ém us at ▁( Ch inese ). ▁He ▁was ▁elected ▁to ▁the ▁A si atic ▁Society ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 5 . ▁Event ually , ▁says ▁his ▁son ▁Laurent , ▁" after ▁five ▁years ▁of ▁un ce asing ▁effort , ▁he ▁suddenly ▁gave ▁up " ▁and ▁burn ed ▁all ▁the ▁material ▁he ▁had ▁pain fully ▁built . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 8 2 6 ▁he ▁devoted ▁himself ▁to ▁the ▁Armen ian ▁and ▁Georg ian ▁languages , ▁history ▁and ▁culture . ▁He ▁had ▁found ▁his ▁true ▁voc ation . ▁However , ▁books , ▁teachers , ▁documents ▁were ▁scar ce . ▁For ▁Armen ian ▁he ▁was ▁helped ▁by ▁Antoine - Jean ▁Saint - Martin . ▁For ▁Georg ian ▁he ▁had ▁to ▁create ▁his ▁own ▁dictionary ▁from ▁the ▁Georg ian ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁Bible , ▁which ▁was ▁faithful ▁to ▁the ▁Greek ▁text . ▁ ▁Russia ▁ ▁Inv ited ▁to ▁Saint ▁Petersburg ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 7 ▁by ▁Count ▁Serge y ▁U var ov , ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁Imperial ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences , ▁he ▁was ▁elected ▁a ▁member ▁a ▁year ▁later . ▁He ▁journey ed ▁to ▁the ▁C au cas us ▁in ▁