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Paul L-M. Serruys | |||||||||||
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Died | 16 August 1999 | (aged 86)||||||||||
Nationality | Belgian (Flemish) | ||||||||||
Education | University of California, Berkeley Catholic University of Leuven | ||||||||||
Scientific career | |||||||||||
Institutions | University of Washington Georgetown University | ||||||||||
Doctoral advisor | Peter A. Boodberg | ||||||||||
Notable students | W. South Coblin | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 司禮義 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 司礼义 | ||||||||||
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Paul Leo-Mary Serruys C.I.C.M. (19 November 1912 – 16 August 1999) was a Belgian missionary, sinologist, and academic best known for his studies on the grammar of Classical Chinese, oracle bone script, and on the varieties of Chinese. He was a member of the Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae (CICM; Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) missionary order, and proselyted in China in the 1930s, then later became a professor of Chinese at the University of Washington.