Emil Schlagintweit
(German: Emil Schlagintweit)
(7 July 1835 − 29 October 1904)
German Tibetologist (1835-1904), a Bavarian civil servant who devoted much of his life to research. His works include Buddhism in Tibet, Die Könige in Tibet, Indien in Wort und Bild, and translations from Tibetan. (BCW 2:544).
Author of Buddhism in Tibet, illustrated with literary documents and objects of worship and including an account of earlier Buddhist systems in India; published in Leipzig and London in 1863. (BCW 6:444).
Bibliographical references include: Buddhism in Tibet, etc. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus; London: Trübner & Co. 1863 (BCW 9:453).
German Tibetan scholar. Held a position in the Bavarian Administration, devoting most of his time to research (BCW 11:589-590).
Some links:
- Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
- CTD article in Russian: Шлагинтвейт, Эмиль
- Wikipedia: Emil Schlagintweit
- Other resources: Russian BTS: card data
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