Peter A. Boodberg

Peter A. Boodberg
Peter A. Boodberg
Пётр Алексеевич Будберг
	Peter Boodberg (c. 1938)
Born	8 April 1903; Vladivostok, Russian Empire
Died	29 June 1972 (aged 69); Berkeley, California, United States
Nationality	Russian, Baltic German
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley
	Scientific career
Fields	Chinese language, history; Altaic languages
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley
Notable students	William Boltz, Richard Mather, Edward Schafer, Fr. Paul Serruys, Roy Andrew Miller
Chinese name
Chinese	卜弼德
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Bǔ Bìdé
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Buu Bihder
Wade–Giles	Pu3 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]

^ 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.

[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.

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