Gustav Haloun

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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[1] from where he received his Dr. phil. in 1923.[2]

He obtained

Cambridge University, succeeding Arthur Christopher Moule and preceding Edwin G. Pulleyblank
in that position.

He researched about the

Da Yuezhi, and Guanzi texts (cf. Guan Zhong
).

Haloun's papers are held at Cambridge University Library.

Further reading

  • Ceadel, Eric Bertrand, 'Published works of the late Professor Gustav Haloun', Asia Major 3:1 (1953); PDF
  • Franke, Herbert: 'Gustav Haloun (1898–1951).' Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. No. 102, 1952, pp. 1–9. (online in German).
  • Honey, David B., Incense at the Altar: Pioneering Sinologists and the Development of Classical Chinese Philology, 2001, pp. 152–66.
  • Simon, Walter. 'Obituary. Gustav Haloun.' The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. No. 1/2 (Apr., 1952), pp. 93–95. Published by Cambridge University Press. Article Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25222563

External links

References

  1. ^ Simon, W. 'Obituary. Gustav Haloun.' The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. No. 1/2 (Apr., 1952), pp. 93-95. Published by Cambridge University Press. Article Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25222563
  2. ^ web.archive.org/web/20110718211252/http://www.catalogus-professorum-halensis.de/haloungustav.html