Georg Huth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georg Huth

Prussian linguist, explorer and lecturer of XIXth century, specialised in Central Asia cultures

Date of Birth: 25-Feb-1867

Place of Birth: Krotoszyn, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 01-Jun-1906

Profession: university teacher, tibetologist, archaeologist, explorer, mongolist

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Georg Huth (February 25, 1867 – June 1, 1906) was a German Orientalist and explorer. Huth was born in Krotoszyn (Krotoschin) in the Province of Posen, Prussia.
In 1885, he entered the University of Berlin, and he graduated at the University of Leipzig (Ph.D.) in 1889.
In 1891, he established himself at Berlin University as lecturer in Central Asiatic languages and in Buddhism.
In 1897, he undertook a journey to Siberia for the purpose of studying Tungusic, receiving a subvention from the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St.
Petersburg.
He went to eastern Turkestan with the German Turfan expedition of the Königliches Museum für Völkerkunde of Berlin, in 1902, and spent the following year in western Turkestan studying Turkish dialects and folklore.