by E. Bretschneider, M.D.
Physician of Russian Legation in Peking
Correspondent member of Académie des inscriptions et belles-Lettres (AIBL)
London, 1888
Emil Bretschneider (4 July [O.S. 22 June] 1833 in Bankaushof (now Benkavas muiža, Saldus novads, Latvia[1]) – 12 May [O.S. 29 April] 1901 in Saint Petersburg) was a sinologist of Baltic German ethnicity and a correspondent member of the Académie française. He operated in the Russian Empire. He graduated from the medical school of University of Dorpat in Dorpat Estonia, and was first posted as a physician by the Russian legation to Tehran (1862–65).[2] From 1866 to 1883 he was posted as physician to the 15th and 16th Russian legations to Pekin.[3][4]
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