Séraphin Couvreur
Séraphin Couvreur
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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Date of Birth
January 14th, 1835
Age
190
Birth Place
France, Hauts-de-France
Date of Death
November 19th, 1919
Died Aged
84
Star Sign
Capricorn
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