Kristofer Schipper
Dutch sinologist and ordained Taoist priest (1934–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kristofer Marinus Schipper (23 October 1934 – 18 February 2021), also known as Rik Schipper and by his Chinese name Shi Zhouren (Chinese: 施舟人), was a Dutch sinologist. He was a professor of Oriental studies at Leiden University, appointed there in 1993. Schipper worked as researcher for École française d'Extrême-Orient[2] and later taught as directeur de recherche in History of Daoism studies at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris. He was head of the Institut des Hautes Études Chinoises from the Collège de France. He also taught at Fuzhou University and Zhangzhou College. After his retirement, he and his wife Yuan Bingling moved to Fuzhou (Fujian) in China.
Kristofer Schipper | |
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Born | (1934-10-23)23 October 1934 Eda Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden |
Died | 18 February 2021(2021-02-18) (aged 86)[1] Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands |
Occupation | Sinologist |
Spouses | Wendela Gorter (m. 1962)Yuan Bingling (m. 2000) |
Children | 5 |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Doctoral advisor | Maxime Kaltenmark |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Sinology Taoism |
Institutions | Fuzhou University |