Wiesbaden
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- 4 June 1925,
Leipzig
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) was a German
sinologist
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and linguist. From 1897 he was professor at the
University of Leipzig
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.
Conrady first studied classical philology,
comparative linguistics
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Genetic relatedness ...
and
Sanskrit
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; he continued with
Tibetan
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* of, from, or related to Tibet
* Tibetan people, an ethnic group
* Tibetan language:
** Classical Tibetan, the classical language used also as a contemporary written standard
** Standard Tibetan, the most widely used spoken dial ...
and
Chinese language
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. He put forward his research findings in 1896 on the relationship between the prefix and tones in the
Sino-Tibetan languages
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, in the work ''Eine Indo-Chinesische causative-Denominativ-Bildung und ihr Zusammenhang mit den Tonaccenten'' (1896).
He worked with
Sven Hedin
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, translating the roughly 150 3rd century manuscripts Hedin had found in the ruins of
Loulan
Loulan, also called Krorän or Kroraina ( zh, s=, t=, p=Lóulán <
''lo-lɑn'' < in 1901. Conrady purchased a part of the castle ''Mildenburg'' in
Miltenberg
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, Bavaria, when it was auctioned off after the death of his uncle, to exhibit his art collection.
He became extraordinary professor of sinology in Leipzig in 1896, that had among its students as future sinologist leaders
Gustav Haloun
Gustav Haloun (12 January 1898, Brtnice, Moravia, Austria-Hungary — 24 December 1951, Cambridge, England) was a Czech sinologist.
He studied in Vienna under Arthur von Rosthorn and in Leipzig under August Conrady from where he received his Dr. ...
,
Otto Maenchen-Helfen
Otto John Maenchen-Helfen (German: Otto Mänchen-Helfen; July 26, 1894 – January 29, 1969) was an Austrian academic, sinologist, historian, author, and traveler.
From 1927 to 1930, he worked at the Marx-Engels Institute in Moscow, and from 193 ...
,
Lin Yutang
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, Bruno Schindler and his nephew and successor in Leipzig, Eduard Erkes. In 1916 he put forward the theory of an original relationship between
Austric
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and Sino-Tibetan languages. He became a full professor of Sinology in 1920. Materials from the Danish orientalist Kurt Wulff concluded partially in Conrady's development of the theory, and Wulff continued Conrady's work in this field.
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References
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Johannes Hertel
Johannes Hertel (13 March 1872, Zwickau – 27 October 1955, Leipzig) was a German Indologist.
Hertel wrote numerous essays and books on Indological topics. His research focus was Indian narrative literature and the Vedas. Above all, he is kno ...
: «Nekrolog auf August Conrady», i: ''Berichte über die Verhandlungen der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig'', Philologisch-historische Klasse, v 77 #4 (1926) 7-14
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Bruno Schindler
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* Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880)
* Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologn ...
: ''Der Wissenschaftliche Nachlass August Conradys''. AM 3 (1926) 104-115
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Eduard Erkes
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Formed in 1989 in the city of Most, Eduard began in a rented cellar as a manufacturer of photoetched brass model components. Following the su ...
: «Georg von der Gabelentz und August Conrady», i: Ernst Engelberg (red.): ''Beiträge zu Universitätsgeschichte 1405-1959'', Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig v1 (1959) 439-463
* David B Honey: ''Incense at the Altar''. AOS 2001, 132f
* Christina Leibfried: «Sinologie an der Universität Leipzig: Entstehung und Wirken des Ostasiatischen Seminars 1878 bis 1947», i: ''Beiträge zur Leipziger Universitäts- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte'', ser B v1 (2003)