Tucci, Giuseppe

Prehistoric Sistan
1983

Summary: Giuseppe Tucci was an Italian orientalist, Indologist and scholar of East Asian studies, specializing in Tibetan culture and the history of Buddhism. During its zenith, Tucci was a supporter of Italian fascism, and he used idealized portrayals of Asian traditions to support Italian ideological campaigns. Tucci was fluent in several European languages, Sanskrit, Bengali, Pali, Prakrit, Chinese and Tibetan and he taught at the University of Rome La Sapienza until his death. He is considered one of the founders of the field of Buddhist studies. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5]
Born: 1894-06-05 [2][5]
Birth Place: Macerata (Italie) [3]; Macerata [5]
Died: 1984-04-05 [2][5]
Death Place: San Polo dei Cavalieri (Italie) [3]; San Polo dei Cavalieri [5]
Country: Italy [2]
Language: Italian [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [5]; archaeologist [5]; art historian [5]
Profession: Orientalist [2]
Employer: University of Calcutta [5]; Sapienza University of Rome [5]
Educated at: University of Calcutta [5]; Sapienza University of Rome [5]; Visva-Bharati University [5]
Country of Education: Italy [5]; India [5]
Archives at: ETH Zurich University Archives [5]
Yale LUX: Entity [5]
Oxford Reference: Overview [5]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Library of Congress; 5. Wikidata

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