# Séraphin Couvreur

> Séraphin Couvreur was a French Jesuit missionary to China, sinologist, and translator. He was also the creator of the EFEO Chinese transcription. The system devised by Couvreur of the École française d'Extrême-Orient was used in most of the French-speaking world to transliterate Chinese until the middle of the 20th century, after what it was gradually replaced by pinyin.

*French Jesuit missionary and sinologist (1835–1919)*

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## Identity
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1835-01-14
- **Died:** 1919-11-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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