Isaac Jacob Schmidt
Dutch orientalist
Died when: 67 years 327 days (814 months)Star Sign: Libra
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.
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