Ippolito Desideri
✓ Source-basedrisingJesuit Italian Tibetologist (1684-1733)
Historical FiguresLived 1684 to 1733 · aged 48
Fame48.9
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Languages14
Peak1930s
In century#2,733
Ippolito Desideri, SJ was an Italian Jesuit missionary and traveller and the most famous of the early European missionaries who founded Catholic Church in Tibet. He was also the first documented Tibetologist and the first European to have successfully studied both Classical and Standard Tibetan.
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Historical Figures
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Historical Figure
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deceased
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Lived 1684 to 1733 · aged 48
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