Gustav Haloun

Deceased Person

1898 – 1951

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Who was Gustav Haloun?

Gustav Haloun was a Czech sinologist. He studied in Vienna under Arthur von Rosthorn and in Leipzig under August Conrady from where he received his Dr. phil. in 1923.

He obtained habilitation at Charles University in Prague where he lectured in 1926-1927. Afterwards he taught at Halle University, and Göttingen University, before becoming Chair of Chinese Language and History at Cambridge University.

He researched about the Hundred Schools of Thought, Bactria, Da Yuezhi, and Guanzi texts.

Haloun's papers are held at Cambridge University Library.

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Born
Jan 12, 1898
Brtnice
Died
Dec 24, 1951
Cambridge

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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