Rolf Stein
1911
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1999
country of citizenship: France
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: Humboldt University of Berlin
occupation: tibetologist, sinologist, professor, translator, university teacher
Rolf Alfred Stein (13 June 1911 – 9 October 1999) was a German-born French Sinologist and Tibetologist. He contributed in particular to the study of the Epic of King Gesar, on which he wrote two books, and the use of Chinese sources in Tibetan history. He was the first scholar to correctly identify the Minyag of Tibetan sources with the Xixia of Chinese sources. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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