About Léon Wieger
Lived 1856 – 1933 (aged 76). Léon Wieger was a French translator, writer, missionary, sinologist, catholic priest and physician.
Léon Wieger (born 9 July 1856 in Strasbourg, France - died 25 March 1933 in Xian County, Hebei, China), was a French Jesuit missionary, medical doctor, theologist and sinologist who worked at the Catholic Jesuit mission in Hejian, together with Séraphin Couvreur.
He joined the Jesuits in 1881 and was ordained in 1887, travelling to Chihli (Hebei) a few months later.
He published numerous books on Chinese culture, Taoism, Buddhism and the Chinese language. He also wrote a ten-volume history of China and won the Prix Stanislas Julien three times. Histoire de croyances religieuses (History of the Religious Beliefs)
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Who was Léon Wieger?
French sinologist (1856-1933)
When was Léon Wieger born?
Léon Wieger was born on 9 July 1856 in Strasbourg.
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Léon Wieger died on 25 March 1933 in Xian County.
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Léon Wieger was a translator, writer, missionary, sinologist, catholic priest and physician.
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Léon Wieger was French.
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