About Georges Maspero
Lived 1872 – 1942 (aged 70). Georges Maspero was a French sinologist, colonial administrator, historian, governor and sinology.
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 subsequently chaired the restructured Banque Industrielle de Chine following its bankruptcy in 1921.
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.
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Who was Georges Maspero?
French sinologist (1872-1942)
When was Georges Maspero born?
Georges Maspero was born on 21 August 1872 in Paris.
When did Georges Maspero die?
Georges Maspero died on 21 September 1942 in Saint-Tropez.
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Georges Maspero was a sinologist, colonial administrator, historian, governor and sinology.
What nationality was Georges Maspero?
Georges Maspero was French.
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