Henri Maspero | |||||||||
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| Born | Henri Paul Gaston Maspero 15 December 1883 Paris, France | ||||||||
| Died | 17 March 1945 (aged 61) | ||||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||||
| Fields | Daoism, Chinese history | ||||||||
| Institutions | La Sorbonne École Pratique des Hautes Études | ||||||||
| Academic advisors | Édouard Chavannes Sylvain Lévi | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 馬伯樂 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 马伯乐 | ||||||||
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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.