Yakov Brandt
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Born1869
Died1944 (aged 74–75)
Beijing, China
AlmamaterSaint Petersburg Imperial University
OccupationsSinologist, diplomat, linguist, professor
Yakov Yakovlevich Brandt | |
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Яков Яковлевич Брандт | |
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| Born | 1869 |
| Died | 1944 (aged 74–75) Beijing, China |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg Imperial University |
| Occupations | Sinologist, diplomat, linguist, professor |
Yakov Yakovlevich Brandt (Russian: Яков Яковлевич Брандт; 1869–1944, Beijing) was a Russian sinologist, diplomat, linguist and professor.[1][2][3]
Brandt first graduated from the Saratov gymnasium.
- In 1892, he graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Languages at Saint Petersburg Imperial University and worked as an officer on special assignments in the Ministry of Finance and as a senior teacher at the Russian Language School at the Beijing Department of Management of Chinese Eastern Railway.
- In 1901, Brandt became the head of the Beijing Department of Chinese Eastern Railway.
- In 1915, he became an Active State Councillor[4] and developed projects for the development of Sinology education in Russia. After the October Revolution, he was a member of the Government (business office) of General L. D. Horvat in Vladivostok in 1918.[5][6]
- From 1921-1924, he served as professor of the Institute of Russian Language and Law in Beijing,[7] Director of the Russian School of Chinese Language and Deputy Director of the Harbin Law School.[8] Most of his textbooks for learning Chinese and Russian were published by the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Beijing.[9]
- In 1925, Brandt began teaching at the North China Union Language School. His teachings resulted in three semesters resulted in creation of the book "Introduction to literary Chinese (漢文進階)", published in 1927, which was reprinted several times.[10]
- In 1944, Brandt compiled and published the English-Chinese Vocabulary.
Later life and legacy
Brandt died in 1944 in Beijing.[11] As the director of the Russian School of Chinese Language and Deputy Rector of the Harbin Law Institute, he was the author of numerous books on Russian-language pedagogy and Russian-Chinese dictionaries. These books were considered for the first 20 years of 20th century as the best Russian Chinese educational materials.[12]
