Giuseppe Tucci (Macerata 5 June 1894-San Polo dei Cavalieri (Rome) 5 April 1984), was an Italian scholar of oriental cultures, specialising in Tibet and history of Buddhism. He was fluent in several European languages, Sanskrit, Bengali, Pali, Prakrit, Chinese and Tibetan and he taught at the University of Rome La Sapienza until his death. Wikipedia
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