Jacques Burke, a French philosopher, sociologist, and orientalist, is distinguished from other European orientalists in that he was born in an Arab Muslim country and lived among its people) born in 1810 in the city of Veranda in the state of Tiaret and was famous for his great respect for Arab and Islamic culture, and according to his will, his family donated his own library) about 30,000 Kitab) to the city of Fernada, his birthplace, and in this regard, the first appendix of the National Library of Feranda was named after the scientist on January 24, 2004, in gratitude and appreciation from the Algerian state for this great scientist.
