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Henri Maspero

1883 - 1945

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Henri Paul Gaston Maspero (15 December 1883 – 17 March 1945) was a French sinologist and professor who contributed to a variety of topics relating to East Asia. Maspero is best known for his pioneering studies of Daoism. He was imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II and died in the Buchenwald concentration camp. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Maspero is the 192nd most popular historian (up from 226th in 2019), the 2,743rd most popular biography from France (up from 3,118th in 2019) and the 26th most popular French Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Henri Maspero ranks 192 out of 561. Before him are Ibn Abd al-Hakam, Linda Nochlin, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Évariste Lévi-Provençal, Ernst Kantorowicz, and Krste Misirkov. After him are Ibn Wahshiyya, Alexander Kazhdan, Aulus Cremutius Cordus, Paul Veyne, Roger Chartier, and Slobodan Jovanović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Henri Maspero ranks 109. Before him are Fritz Gerlich, Ludwig Müller, Ahmed Nihad, Isaak Brodsky, Eugen Ritter von Schobert, and Umberto Saba. After him are Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Ikki Kita, Sam Wood, Richard Gerstl, Luigi Ganna, and Dmytro Dontsov. Among people deceased in 1945, Henri Maspero ranks 178. Before him are Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, Prince Kan'in Kotohito, Maria Skobtsova, Duy Tân, Jambyl Jabayev, and Matome Ugaki. After him are Gerhard Gentzen, Volin, Hannie Schaft, Hélène de Pourtalès, Adolf Bertram, and Stamen Grigorov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Maspero ranks 2,743 out of 6,770. Before him are Jules Guesde (1845), Philippe Quinault (1635), Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues (1579), Marie Dubois (1937), Christian Marquand (1927), and Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1674). After him are Claire Lacombe (1765), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (1989), Eucherius of Lyon (380), Blanche of France, Duchess of Austria (1278), Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours (1624), and Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis (1746).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Henri Maspero ranks 26. Before him are Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914), Adémar de Chabannes (989), François Furet (1927), Augustin Thierry (1795), Charles Diehl (1859), and George Cœdès (1886). After him are Paul Veyne (1930), Roger Chartier (1945), Edgar Quinet (1803), Joseph de Guignes (1721), Bernard Desclot (1201), and Charles Rollin (1661).

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