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Séraphin Couvreur

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French Jesuit missionary and sinologist (1835-1919)

FranceLived 1835 to 1919 · aged 84
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Séraphin Couvreur was a French Jesuit missionary to China, sinologist, and translator. He was also the creator of the EFEO Chinese transcription.

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1895Prix Stanislas Julien

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About this person

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.

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France
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Lived 1835 to 1919 · aged 84
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