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Oct 04, 1779 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands Died on 27 Aug 1847 (aged 67)
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About Isaac Jacob Schmidt
- Isaac Jacob Schmidt (October 4, 1779 – August 27, 1847) was an Orientalist specializing in Mongolian and Tibetan.
- Schmidt was a Moravian missionary to the Kalmyks and devoted much of his labours to Bible translation. Born in Amsterdam, he spent much of his career in St.
- Petersburg as a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
- He published the first grammar and dictionary of Mongolian, as well as a grammar and dictionary of Tibetan.
- He also translated Sanang Sechen's Erdeni-yin tobci into German, and several Geser Khan epics into Russian and German.
- His works are regarded as ground-breaking for the establishment of Mongolian and Tibetan studies.
