Henri Maspero

Henri Maspero
Born
Henri Paul Gaston Maspero

( 1883 -12-15)15 December 1883
Paris, France
Died17 March 1945(1945-03-17) (aged 61)
Scientific career
FieldsDaoism, Chinese history
InstitutionsLa Sorbonne
École Pratique des Hautes Études
Academic advisorsÉdouard Chavannes
Sylvain Lévi
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese馬伯樂
Simplified Chinese马伯乐
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMǎ Bólè
Wade–GilesMa Po-lê

Henri Paul Gaston Maspero (15 December 1883 – 17 March 1945) was a French sinologist and professor who contributed to a variety of topics relating to East Asia. Maspero is best known for his pioneering studies of Daoism. He was imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II and died in the Buchenwald concentration camp.