Michele Ruggieri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michele Ruggieri

Italian sinologist

Date of Birth: 28-Oct-1543

Place of Birth: Spinazzola, Apulia, Italy

Date of Death: 11-May-1607

Profession: writer, missionary, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Michele or Michael Ruggieri (1543 – 11 May 1607), born Pompilio Ruggieri and known in China as Luo Mingjian, was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary.
A founding father of the Jesuit China missions, co-author of the first European–Chinese dictionary, and first European translator of the Four Books of Confucianism, he has been described as the first European sinologist.