George de Roerich

George Nicholas de Roerich (Рерих Юрий Николаевич 1902 – 1960) was a prominent 20th century Tibetologist. His work encompassed many areas of Tibetan studies, but in particular he is known for his contributions to Tibetan dialectology and for his monumental translation of the Blue Annals, and his multi-volume Tibetan dictionary published posthumously.

George was the son of the painter and explorer Nicholas Roerich.

Works

*de Roerich, George (1931). “Modern Tibetan Phonetics: With special reference to the Dialect of Central Tibet.” "Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal" 27.1: 285-312.
*de Roerich, George (1932). Review of Jäschke 1881. "Journal of Urusvati" 2: 165-169.
*de Roerich, George (1933). "Dialects of Tibet: The Tibetan Dialect of Lahul." (Tibetica 1) New York: Urusvati Himalayan Research Institute of Roerich Museum.
*de Roerich, George (1958). "Le Parler de l’Amdo: Étude d’un Dialecte Archaïque du Tibet." (Serie Orientale Roma 18). Rome: Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente.
*de Roerich, George Nicolas (1983-87). "Tibetsko-russko-angliiskij slovar’s sanskritskimi paralleliami. Tibetan-Russian-English dictionary with Sanskrit parallels." Y. Parfionovich and V. Dylykova, eds. Moscow: Izd-vo "Nauka," Glav. red. vostochnoi lit-ry / Central Department of Oriental Literature.
*de Roerich, George N. and Tse-Trung Lopsang Phuntshok (1957). "Textbook of colloquial Tibetian: dialect of central Tibet." Calcutta: Govt. of West Bengal, Education Dept., Education Bureau.
*Roerich, George N. and Gedun Choepel (Translator) (1988). "The Blue Annals" by Gö Lotsawa. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1976, Reprint in 1979. [reprint of Calcutta, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1949, in two volumes] .

ee also

* Nicholas Roerich
* Svetoslav Roerich
* Helena Roerich
* 4426 Roerich — minor planet

External links

* [http://www.roerich-museum.ru/eng/family/gnr/ Biography at Roerich Museum in Moscow]

References