LC control no. | n 94070290 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Hummel, Siegbert |
Associated country | Germany |
Birth date | 19080718 |
Death date | 20010328 |
Field of activity | Tibet Region--Study and teaching |
Affiliation | Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig |
Profession or occupation | Tibetologists |
Found in | Die meroitische Sprache und das protoaltaische Sprachsubstrat als Medium zu ihrer Deutung, c1992: t.p. (Siegbert Hummel) p. 87 (Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.) Wikipedia, viewed 28 April 2023 (Siegbert Hummel (18 July 1908 - 28 March 2001) was a German Tibetologist and cultural historian. His work focused on the Eurasian context of Tibetan culture, the Bön religion, the Zhangzhung language, and the Gesar epic. He became curator of the Asian department at the Ethnographic Museum of Leipzig in 1947. After leaving the museum in 1955, Hummel worked as a Lutheran pastor in the country parish of Plauen in Vogtland until his retirement.) |
Associated language | ger tib |