Joseph Needham

Joseph Needham

male, deceased (1995)
Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham. Joseph Needham pioneered the Western academic recognition of China's scientific past with the ongoing,...
Arthur Waley

Arthur Waley

male, deceased (1966)
Arthur David Waley CH (August 19, 1889 - June 27, 1966) was a noted English Orientalist and Sinologist.
James Legge

James Legge

male, deceased (1897)
James Legge was a noted Scottish sinologist, a Scottish Congregationalist, representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong...
Joachim Bouvet

Joachim Bouvet

male, deceased (1730)
Joachim Bouvet (Chinese:白晋 or 白進, courtesy name:明远) was a French Jesuit and Figurist. Born at Le Mans, he came to China in 1687, as one of six Jesui...
Paul Pelliot

Paul Pelliot

male, deceased (1945)
Paul Pelliot was a French sinologist and explorer of Central Asia. A pupil of Sylvain Lévi, Pelliot conducted only one archaeological expedition i...
Jonathan Spence

Jonathan Spence

male, 73 years old
Jonathan D. Spence is a British-born historian and public intellectual specializing in Chinese history. He has been Sterling Professor of History...
Bernhard Karlgren

Bernhard Karlgren

male, deceased (1978)
Bernhard Karlgren was a Swedish sinologist, philologist, and the founder of Swedish sinology as a scholarly discipline. His full name was Klas...
Richard Wilhelm

Richard Wilhelm

male, deceased (1930)
Richard Wilhelm was a German translator. He translated many philosophical works from Chinese into German that in turn have been translated into...

Qigong

male
Qigong (July 26, 1912 — June 30, 2005) (Simplified Chinese: 启功, Styled Yuanbai) was a renowned Chinese calligraphy artist and sinologist. He was an...

Perry Link

male
Perry Link is a Sinologist at Princeton University, and author specializing in modern Chinese literature and Chinese language. Dr. Link is a...