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Georges Maspero

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Occupation
  
Sinologist

Parents
  
Gaston Maspero

Born
  
21 August 1872
Paris

Died
  
21 September 1942, Saint-Tropez, France

Books
  
The Champa Kingdom: The History of an Extinct Vietnamese Culture

René Gaston Georges Maspero (21 August 1872 – 21 September 1942) was a French sinologist.

He was the son of egyptologist Gaston Maspero and half brother of sinologist Henri Maspero.

A colonial governor of French Indochina, he was appointed résident-mayor of Haiphong, then acting resident superior (15 April 1920 – 6 December 1920) of Cambodia. He was among the founders of the École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO).

Publications

  • 1894: Tableau chronologique des souverains de l'Annam, E. J. Brill
  • 1905: Starynna istorii︠a︡ skhidnïkh narodiv, Volume 1, Nakl. Ukraïnsʹko-rusʹkoï vydavnychoï spilky
  • 1915: Grammaire de la langue k̲hmère (cambodgien), Imprimetie Nationale
  • 1918: La Chine, Delagrave
  • 1928: Le Royaume de Champa, G. Van Oest,
  • 1929: Un empire colonial français, l'Indochine, G. Van Oest.

    • References

    Georges Maspero Wikipedia
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