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Emil Schlagintweit


 

Emil Schlagintweit (7 July 1835 - 29 October 1904) was a German scholar noted for his work on Buddhism in Tibet.

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7 July - 1835 - 29 October - 1904 - German - Buddhism - Tibet

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He was the youngest of the five Schlagintweit brothers of Munich. Not an explorer himself, he donated 102 Tibetan manuscripts and block-books collected by his brothers to the Bodleian Library at Oxford.

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Schlagintweit - Munich - Block-book - Bodleian Library

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His work was later used by Helena Blavatsky as evidence for her interpretations of "esoteric" Buddhism.

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