Paul Eugène Pelliot

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Person

Authorized form of name

Paul Eugène Pelliot

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Dates of existence

28 May 1878 – 26 October 1945

History

Paul Eugène Pelliot was a French sinologist and Orientalist best known for his explorations of Central Asia and the Silk Road regions, and for his acquisition of many important Tibetan Empire-era manuscripts and Chinese texts at the Sachu printing centreread more