René Gaston Georges Maspero (21 August 1872 – 21 September 1942) was a French

sinologist Sinology, or Chinese studies, is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of China primarily through Chinese philosophy, language, literature, culture and history and often refers to Western scholarship. Its origin "may be traced to the ex ...

. 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

French Indochina French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China),; vi, Đông Dương thuộc Pháp, , lit. 'East Ocean under French Control; km, ឥណ្ឌូចិនបារាំង, ; th, อินโดจีนฝรั่งเศส, ...

, 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 Thailand t ...

. He subsequently chaired the restructured

Banque Industrielle de Chine The Banque Industrielle de Chine (BIC, "Industrial Bank of China"; zh, 中法實業銀行) was a French bank with its main activities in China and French Indochina. It was created in 1913, expanded rapidly, but collapsed in 1921, causing major ...

following its bankruptcy in 1921. He was among the founders of the

École française d'Extrême-Orient The French School of the Far East (french: École française d'Extrême-Orient, ), abbreviated EFEO, is an associated college of PSL University dedicated to the study of Asian societies. It was founded in 1900 with headquarters in Hanoi in wh ...

(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.

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Georges Maspero
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