Herbert, Jean, 1897-1980

هيربرت، جان، 1897-1980

found: His Vocabulaire de l'hindouisme, c1985:t.p. (Jean Herbert) front flap (b. Paris 1897; d. Geneva 1980; taught oriental mythology at Université de Genève)

found: Muṣṭalaḥāt al-muʼtamarāt, 1987:t.p. (Jān Hīrbirt) last printed p. (Jean Herbert)

found: Dōji tsūyakusha ga henshūshita Ei-Nichi kokusai kaigi yōgo jiten, 1999:t.p. (Jean Herbert) p. 76 (Jan Erubēru [in kana])

found: Contemporary Authors online, 19 Feb. 2015(Jean (Daniel Fernand) Herbert; born 27 July 1897 in Paris, France; died 21 August 1980 in Geneva, Switzerland; writer, editor, and translator)

found: BnF authority file, 19 Feb. 2015(hdg.: Herbert, Jean, 1897-1980; translated into French from English, Bengali, Sanskrit; orientalist, specialist in India, interpreter and translator)

found: Wikipedia, 19 Feb. 2015(Jean Herbert was one of the first generation of interpreters for the United Nations; he was a former chief interpreter of the United Nations interpretation service in New York; he was one of the pioneer, veteran, and model consecutive interpreters from the League of Nations and the International Labor Office; towards 1930, he became interested in Buddhism and the Far East prompting him to travel to India, China, and other Buddhist countries, leading to the authorship of many books related to the Far East)