Paul Pelliot | |||||||||||
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 Paul Pelliot | |||||||||||
| Born | 28 May 1878 | ||||||||||
| Died | 26 October 1945 (aged 67) Paris, France | ||||||||||
| Known for | Dunhuang manuscripts discovery | ||||||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||||||
| Fields | Chinese history | ||||||||||
| Institutions | Collège de France École Française d'Extrême-Orient | ||||||||||
| Academic advisors | Édouard Chavannes Sylvain Lévi | ||||||||||
| Notable students | Paul Demiéville | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 伯希和 | ||||||||||
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Paul Eugène Pelliot[1] (28 May 1878 – 26 October 1945) was a French Sinologist and Orientalist best known for his explorations of Central Asia and the Silk Road regions, and for his acquisition of many important Tibetan Empire-era manuscripts and Chinese texts at the Sachu printing center storage caves (Dunhuang), known as the Dunhuang manuscripts.
- ^ Name as given in the Legion d'honneur recipient database