René Gaston Georges Maspero (21 August 1872 – 21 September 1942) was a French sinologist. He was the son of egyptologist

Gaston Maspero Sir Gaston Camille Charles Maspero (23 June 1846 – 30 June 1916) was a French Egyptologist known for popularizing the term "Sea Peoples" in an 1881 paper. Maspero's son, Henri Maspero, became a notable sinologist and scholar of East Asia. ...

and half brother of sinologist

Henri Maspero Henri Paul Gaston Maspero (15 December 188317 March 1945) was a French sinologist and professor who contributed to a variety of topics relating to East Asia. Maspero is best known for his pioneering studies of Daoism. He was imprisoned by the Naz ...

. A colonial governor of

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, he was appointed résident-mayor of

Haiphong Haiphong ( vi, Hải Phòng, ), or Hải Phòng, is a major industrial city and the third-largest in Vietnam. Hai Phong is also the center of technology, economy, culture, medicine, education, science and trade in the Red River delta. Haiphong wa ...

, then acting resident superior (15 April 1920 – 6 December 1920)He held this office during the absence of Marius François Baudoin, the actual incumbent. of

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailan ...

. He subsequently chaired the restructured Banque Industrielle de Chine following its bankruptcy in 1921. He was among the founders of the École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO).

Publications

*1894
''Tableau chronologique des souverains de l'Annam'', E. J. Brill
*1905
''Starynna istorii︠a︡ skhidnïkh narodiv, Volume 1'', Nakl. Ukraïnsʹko-rusʹkoï vydavnychoï spilky
*1915
''Grammaire de la langue k̲hmère (cambodgien)'', Imprimetie Nationale
*1918
''La Chine'', Delagrave
*1928: ''Le Royaume de Champa'', G. Van Oest, *1929: ''Un empire colonial français, l'Indochine'', G. Van Oest.

References

External links

Georges Maspero
on data.bnf.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:Maspero, Georges Scientists from Paris 1872 births 1942 deaths French sinologists French colonial governors and administrators