Emil Bretschneider

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Baltic German sinologist, geographer, and botanist (1833-1901)

ScientistsLived 1833 to 1901 · aged 67

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Emil Bretschneider was a sinologist of Baltic German ethnicity and a correspondent member of the Académie française. He operated in the Russian Empire.

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The title-page of Breitschneider's 1871 book

Mediaeval Researchesby E. Bretschneider, M.D.Physician of Russian Legation in PekingCorrespondent member of Académie des inscriptions et belles-Lettres (AIBL)London, 1888

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1899P. P. Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky Gold Medal

1878Prix Stanislas Julien

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Sergei RudenkoAlso won P. P. Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky Gold Medal Herbert FrankeAlso won Prix Stanislas Julien

Gustaaf SchlegelAlso won Prix Stanislas Julien

Eduard SuessAlso won P. P. Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky Gold Medal Séraphin CouvreurAlso won Prix Stanislas Julien Angus Charles GrahamAlso won Prix Stanislas Julien

About this person

Emil Bretschneider was a sinologist of Baltic German ethnicity and a correspondent member of the Académie française. He operated in the Russian Empire. He graduated from the medical school of the Imperial University of Dorpat in Dorpat Estonia, and was first posted as a physician by the Russian legation to Tehran (1862-65). From 1866 to 1883 he was posted as physician to the 15th and 16th Russian legations to Pekin.