Joseph F. Rock
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Joseph F. Rock was an Austrian-American botanist, explorer, and linguist best known for his extensive early 20th-century fieldwork and documentation of the peoples, flora, and languages of southwestern China, including the Naxi.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
botanist
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explorer ⓘ human ⓘ linguist ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1884-01-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Austria
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United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1962-12-05 ⓘ |
| employer |
National Geographic Society
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United States Department of Agriculture NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Austrian ⓘ |
| familyName | Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
botany
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ethnography ⓘ geography of China ⓘ linguistics ⓘ plant collecting ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
documentation of Naxi language
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documentation of Naxi people ⓘ documentation of flora of southwestern China ⓘ exploration of southwestern China ⓘ photographic documentation of Yunnan and Sichuan ⓘ |
| languageStudied |
Chinese language
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Naxi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tibetan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manuscriptCollectionHeldAt | Library of Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Francis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Joseph Francis Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collecting plant specimens for Western herbaria
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mapping remote regions of southwestern China ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Na-khi–English Dictionary
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A Na-khi–English Encyclopedic Dictionary NERFINISHED ⓘ Naxi ritual manuscripts documentation ⓘ The Ancient Na-khi Kingdom of Southwest China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
botanist
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explorer ⓘ linguist ⓘ |
| photographicArchiveHeldAt | Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Hawaii
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Lijiang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hawaii
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Lijiang NERFINISHED ⓘ Sichuan NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunnan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteFor | National Geographic Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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