Isaac Jacob Schmidt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Isaac Jacob Schmidt

Dutch orientalist

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1779

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 27-Aug-1847

Profession: writer, missionary, translator, tibetologist, linguist

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Isaac Jacob Schmidt

  • Isaac Jacob Schmidt (October 4, 1779 – August 27, 1847) was an Orientalist specializing in Mongolian and Tibetan.
  • Schmidt was a Moravian missionary to the Kalmyks and devoted much of his labours to Bible translation. Born in Amsterdam, he spent much of his career in St.
  • Petersburg as a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
  • He published the first grammar and dictionary of Mongolian, as well as a grammar and dictionary of Tibetan.
  • He also translated Sanang Sechen's Erdeni-yin tobci into German, and several Geser Khan epics into Russian and German.
  • His works are regarded as ground-breaking for the establishment of Mongolian and Tibetan studies.

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