François Turrettini may refer to:
Schwarz is a common surname, derived from the German schwarz, pronounced[ˈʃvaʁts], meaning the color black. Czech female form is Schwarzová. Notable people with the surname include:
The Yale romanizations are four romanization systems created at Yale University for the following four East Asian languages:
Francis Turretin was a Genevan-Italian Reformed scholastic theologian.
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Bazin is a French surname of Germanic origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Turrettini is the surname of three related Genevan theologians, a Swiss architect, and a scholar of East Asian studies:
Henri Paul Gaston Maspero was a French sinologist and professor who contributed to a variety of topics relating to East Asia. Maspero is best known for his pioneering studies of Daoism. He was imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II and died in the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Bénédict Turrettini, the son of Francesco Turrettini, a native of Lucca, who settled in Geneva in 1579, was born at Zürich on 9 November 1588. He was ordained a pastor in Geneva in 1612, and became professor of theology in 1618. He became a citizen of the Republic of Geneva in 1627.
Jean-Alphonse Turrettini was a theologian from the Republic of Geneva.
People with the name Maspero include:
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Events from the year 1878 in France.
Events from the year 1832 in France.
Events from the year 1788 in France.
Billeter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jullien is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The Reinhart Collection formed by Oskar Reinhart is now held in a museum in his old house, "Am Römerholz" in Winterthur, Zurich Canton, Switzerland, as well as the Museum Oskar Reinhart in the centre of Winterthur. It belongs to the Swiss Confederation, Federal Office of Culture.
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François Turrettini was a Swiss Sinologist and publisher, active in the City of Geneva in the late 19th century. The descendant of an elite family involved in politics since the Italian theologist François Turrettini's refuge to the city republic in the 17th century. François Turrettini, the sinologist, founded the publishing firm "L'Atsumegusa" in Geneva that, for the first time in Europe, printed East Asian texts in Chinese characters, starting in 1871. His research and publishing projects relied on the assistance of Tschin Ta-Ni, a Chinese typesetter, who was the first Chinese person to obtain citizenship in the City and Republic of Geneva.