Jacques Bacot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacques Bacot

French Tibetologist

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1877

Place of Birth: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 25-Jun-1965

Profession: geographer, ethnologist, orientalist, tibetologist, explorer, linguist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Jacques Bacot (4 July 1877 – 25 June 1965) was an explorer and pioneering French Tibetologist.
He travelled extensively in India, western China, and the Tibetan border regions.
He worked at the École pratique des hautes études.
Bacot was the first western scholar to study the Tibetan grammatical tradition, and along with F.
W.
Thomas (1867–1956) belonged to the first generation of scholars to study the Old Tibetan Dunhuang manuscripts.
Bacot made frequent use of Tibetan informants.
He acquired aid from Gendün Chöphel in studying Dunhuang manuscripts.