Pelliot, Paul, 1878-1945

The customs of Cambodia
Book 1987

Summary: Paul Eugène Pelliot was a French sinologist and Orientalist best known for his explorations of Central Asia and the Silk Road regions, and for his acquisition of many important Tibetan Empire-era manuscripts and Chinese texts at the Sachu printing center storage caves (Dunhuang), known as the Dunhuang manuscripts. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Born: 1878-05-28 [2][6]
Birth Place: Paris [3][6]
Died: 1945-10-26 [2][6]
Death Place: Paris [3][6]
Country: France [2]
Language: French [3][4]
Occupation: Āzijas pētnieks [4]; Sinologs [4]; Antropologs [4]; Valodnieks [4]; Vēsturnieks [4]; Mākslas vēsturnieks [4]; Mākslas kolekcionārs [4]; Poliglots [4]; explorer [6]; anthropologist [6]; linguist [6]; archaeologist [6]; art historian [6]; professor [6]; sinologist [6]; art collector [6]
Profession: Sinologe [2]
Employer: Collège de France [6]
Field of Activity: Austrumu filoloģija [4]; Orientālistika [4]; Sinoloģija [4]; Antropoloģija [4]; Arheoloģija [4]; Mākslas vēsture [4]; Mākslas kolekcionēšana [4]; Pētniecība [4]
Educated at: Collège Stanislas de Paris [6]; Sciences Po [6]; Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales [6]
Country of Education: France [6]
Archives at: Diplomatic Archives [6]; Collège de France [6]
Yale LUX: Entity [6]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Latvia; 5. National Library of Korea; 6. Wikidata; 7. Library of Congress

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