Laufer

Japanese: ラウファー
Laufer
American orientalist and anthropologist. Born in Cologne, Germany, he came to the United States in 1898. He led expeditions to various places, including the Amur River basin, China, Tibet, and Mongolia, and collected ethnological documents and materials. He was a man of great learning and well versed in Asian languages. His major works include "Considerations on Chinese Taoism" and "Sino-Iranianism."

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Japanese:
米国の東洋学者,人類学者。ドイツのケルンに生まれ,1898年渡米。探検隊を率いて,アムール川流域,中国,チベット,モンゴルなど各地に赴き,民族学関係の文献資料を集めた。博覧強記で,アジアの諸言語にも精通。主著《漢陶考》《シノ・イラニカ》など。

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