George Sale

George Sale (1697–1736) was a British Orientalist scholar and practising solicitor, best known for his 1734 translation of the Quran into English. In 1748, after having read Sale's translation,^[1] Voltaire wrote his own essay "De l'Alcoran et de Mahomet" ("On the Quran and on Mohammed").

For A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical,^[2] an English translation and enlargement of Pierre Bayle's Dictionnaire historique et critique,^[3] Sale supplied "Articles relating to Oriental History".^[2]^{: title page}

^ Pomeau. Voltaire en son temps.
^ ^a ^b Bayle, Pierre (1735–1741). Bernard, John Peter; Birch, Thomas; Lockman, John; Sale, George (eds.). A General Dictionary: Historical and Critical. London: various combines of booksellers. 10 volumes.
^ Bayle, Pierre (1730). Dictionaire historique et critique (4 ed.). Amsterdam: P. Brunel; R. & J. Wetstein & G. Smith; H. Waesberge; P. Humbert; F. Honoré; Z. Chatelain; and P. Mortier. 4 folio volumes.

[1] Pomeau. Voltaire en son temps.

[GD-2] Bayle, Pierre (1735–1741). Bernard, John Peter; Birch, Thomas; Lockman, John; Sale, George (eds.). A General Dictionary: Historical and Critical. London: various combines of booksellers. 10 volumes.

[DHC-3] Bayle, Pierre (1730). Dictionaire historique et critique (4 ed.). Amsterdam: P. Brunel; R. & J. Wetstein & G. Smith; H. Waesberge; P. Humbert; F. Honoré; Z. Chatelain; and P. Mortier. 4 folio volumes.

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