Peter A. Boodberg

Peter A. Boodberg
Пётр Алексеевич Будберг
Peter Boodberg (c. 1938)
Born(1903-04-08)8 April 1903
Died29 June 1972(1972-06-29) (aged 69)
NationalityRussian, Baltic German
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Scientific career
FieldsChinese language, history; Altaic languages
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Notable studentsWilliam Boltz, Richard Mather, Edward Schafer, Fr. Paul Serruys, Roy Andrew Miller
Chinese name
Chinese卜弼德
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBǔ Bìdé
Gwoyeu RomatzyhBuu Bihder
Wade–GilesPu3 Pi4-te2

Peter Alexis Boodberg (born Pyotr Alekseyevich Budberg; 8 April 1903 – 29 June 1972) was a Russian-American scholar, linguist, and sinologist who taught at the University of California, Berkeley for 40 years. Boodberg was influential in 20th century developments in the studies of the development of Chinese characters, Chinese philology, and Chinese historical phonology. He has been described as "one of the most original and commanding scholars" of the 20th century.[1]

  1. ^ Kroll, Paul W. (1980). "Review of Selected Works of". Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews. 2 (2): 271–273. doi:10.2307/823558. ISSN 0161-9705. JSTOR 823558.