List of Famous people with last name Couvreur

Hilaire Couvreur

First Name Hilaire

Last Name Couvreur

Born on September 22, 1924

Died on February 17, 1998 (aged 73)

Born in Belgium, Flemish Region

Hilaire Couvreur was a Belgian cyclist.

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Séraphin Couvreur

First Name Séraphin

Last Name Couvreur

Born on January 14, 1835

Died on November 19, 1919 (aged 84)

Born in France, Hauts-de-France

Séraphin Couvreur was a French Jesuit missionary to China, sinologist, and creator of the EFEO Chinese transcription. The system devised by Couvreur of the École française d'Extrême-Orient was used in most of the French-speaking world to transliterate Chinese until the middle of the 20th century, after what it was gradually replaced by pinyin.

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