Paul Pelliot
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Paul Pelliot was a French sinologist and explorer renowned for his early 20th-century expeditions in Central Asia and his pioneering work on Chinese and Central Asian manuscripts.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French academic
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explorer ⓘ human ⓘ sinologist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1878-05-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1945-10-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
École des langues orientales
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École française d’Extrême-Orient NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Collège de France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Buddhist studies
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Central Asian studies ⓘ Chinese studies ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
French expedition to Chinese Turkestan (1906–1908)
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acquisition of manuscripts from Dunhuang ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Chinese
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Classical Chinese ⓘ French ⓘ Turkic languages ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
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École française d’Extrême-Orient NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Paul Eugène Pelliot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expeditions in Central Asia
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research on Silk Road history ⓘ study of Dunhuang manuscripts ⓘ work on Chinese and Central Asian manuscripts ⓘ |
| notableWork |
editions of Dunhuang texts
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studies on the history of the Silk Road ⓘ translation and study of Marco Polo’s Travels ⓘ |
| occupation |
explorer
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historian ⓘ philologist ⓘ sinologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chair of Central Asian languages and history at Collège de France
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professor at Collège de France ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
Central Asian Buddhism
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Mongol Empire history ⓘ Silk Road trade routes NERFINISHED ⓘ Uyghur and Turkic texts ⓘ |
| traveledTo |
Central Asia
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Chinese Turkestan NERFINISHED ⓘ Dunhuang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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