Francke, August Hermann, 1870-1930
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Name (Latin)
Francke, August Hermann, 1870-1930
Other forms of name
Francke, A. H. (August Hermann), 1870-1930
Francke, Hermann, 1870-1930
Francke, H. (Hermann), 1870-1930
Date of birth
1870-11-05
Date of death
1930-02-16
Associated country
Germany
Field of activity
Missions
Tibetan philology
Occupation
Missionaries
Tibetologists
Associated Language
ger
Gender
male
Language
German
Sources of Information
- First collection of Tibetan historical inscriptions on rock and stone, 2003:
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Wikipedia description:
To be distinguished from his ancestor of the same name, August Hermann Francke. August Hermann Francke (5 November 1870 in Gnadenfrei, Silesia – 16 February 1930 in Berlin) was a German Tibetologist. He worked in Ladakh and Lahul from 1896 to 1908 and published the Ladakh chronicles (La dvags rgyal rabs) with an English translation. He served as the first professor of Tibetan at the Berlin University.
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