Henri Cordier

For the mountaineer, see Henri Cordier (mountaineer).
Henri Cordier
Portrait of Henri Cordier at work, by Gustave Caillebotte (1883)
Born(1849-08-08)8 August 1849
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died16 March 1925(1925-03-16) (aged 75)
Paris, France
Known forEast Asian studies

Henri Cordier (8 August 1849 – 16 March 1925) was a French linguist, historian, ethnographer, author, editor and Orientalist. He was President of the Société de Géographie (French, "Geographical Society") in Paris.[1] Cordier was a prominent figure in the development of East Asian and Central Asian scholarship in Europe in the late 19th and early 20th century. Though he had little actual knowledge of the Chinese language, Cordier had a particularly strong impact on the development of Chinese scholarship, and was a mentor of the noted French sinologist Édouard Chavannes.

  1. ^ La Société de Géographie Archived 2007-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, List of Presidents Archived 2010-07-02 at the Wayback Machine