Julius Klaproth

Julius Klaproth
Julius Klaproth
Born(1783-10-11)11 October 1783
Berlin
Died28 August 1835(1835-08-28) (aged 51)
Paris
NationalityGerman
Known forInstrumental in turning East Asian Studies into scientific disciplines with critical methods
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics, history, ethnography, writing, Orientalism and exploration

Heinrich Julius Klaproth (11 October 1783 – 28 August 1835) was a German linguist, historian, ethnographer, author, orientalist and explorer.[1] As a scholar, he is credited along with Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, with being instrumental in turning East Asian Studies into scientific disciplines with critical methods.[2]