- Hellmut Wilhelm
Hellmut Wilhelm (1905-1990) was a German
sinologist .Biography
Hellmut Wilhelm was born in 1905 in the city of
Qingdao , located in the province ofShandong in what is now thePeople's Republic of China . He was the son of the prominent missionary and sinologistRichard Wilhelm .During his exile in
Beijing , Wilhelm wrote a Chinese-German dictionary, the first edition of which appeared in 1945.From 1948 to 1971, he taught at the
University of Washington inSeattle . A collection that includes documents relating to his life, photographs, and manuscripts of his scientific work on Gu Ting Lin, theI Ching , and Parerga can be found in the "German Exiles Archive" of theGerman National Library .References
* [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst;jsessionid=FfZDCdyTv2yJ6PtghJdHQzx4pZW0HKmm4J2H0J2ThdnYVGYrJjrt!-355623266!-83156922?a=o&d=5001407315 Martin Kern: "The emigration of German sinologists 1933-1945: notes on the history and historiography of Chinese studies".]
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*de icon [http://www.washington.edu/research/showcase/1948d.html Biografie]
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