page_title: Isaac Jacob Schmidt
hierarchical_section_title: Isaac Jacob Schmidt
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Isaak Jakob Schmidt (* 14. Oktober 1779 in Amsterdam; † 27. August 1847 in St. Petersburg) war ein deutscher Kalmückenforscher, Mongolist, Tibetologe und Buddhologe. Er übersetzte die Bibel ins Kalmückische und Mongolische. English: Isaac Jacob Schmidt (October 4, 1779 – August 27, 1847) was an Orientalist specializing in Mongolian and Tibetan. Русский: Шмидт, Яков Иванович - русский и немецкий учёный-востоковед (монголист и тибетолог, буддолог). Впервые ввел изучение монгольского языка и литературы в европейскую науку.
context_page_description: Isaac Jacob Schmidt 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 tobči 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.
context_section_description: 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 tobči 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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