Jao Tsung-I, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jao Tsung-I

Hong Kong academic

Date of Birth: 09-Aug-1917

Place of Birth: Chaozhou, Guangdong, China

Date of Death: 06-Feb-2018

Profession: painter, archaeologist, sinologist

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Jao Tsung-I or Rao Zongyi (Chinese: ???; 9 August 1917 – 6 February 2018) was a Hong Kong-based Chinese sinologist, calligrapher, historian and painter.
A versatile and prolific scholar, he contributed to many fields of humanities, including history, archaeology, epigraphy, folklores, religion, art history, musicology, literature, and Near Eastern Studies.
He published more than 100 books and about 1,000 academic articles over a career spanning more than 80 years. Jao and Ji Xianlin were considered China's two greatest humanities academics by their contemporaries.
Called the "pride of Hong Kong" by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Jao has won many awards including the Grand Bauhinia Medal, the highest honour bestowed by the Hong Kong government.
The Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole of the University of Hong Kong, the Jao Studies Foundation, and the Jao Tsung-I Academy in Kowloon have been founded in his name.