Kristofer Schipper

Kristofer Schipper
Kristofer Schipper 2009 photo:Dr.Yuan Bingling
Born	(1934-10-23)23 October 1934 Eda Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden
Died	18 February 2021(2021-02-18) (aged 86)[1] Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Occupation	Sinologist
Spouse	Wendela Gorter ​ (m. 1962)​ Yuan Bingling ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	5
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Paris
Doctoral advisor	Maxime Kaltenmark
Academic work
Discipline	Sinology Taoism
Institutions	Fuzhou University

Kristofer Marinus Schipper (23 October 1934 – 18 February 2021), also known as Rik Schipper and by his Chinese name Shi Zhouren (Chinese: 施舟人), was a Dutch sinologist. He was an emeritus professor of Oriental studies at Leiden University.

Schipper has worked as researcher for École française d'Extrême-Orient^[2] and later taught as directeur de recherche in History of Daoism studies at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris.

References

1. Cheng Lee Song on Sohu.com (Chinese text)
2. Verellen, Franciscus. "In Memoriam Kristofer Schipper". EFEO. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

Other websites

• "Early list of publications". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2009..
• Founding information on library.
• Schipper in the Library of the Western Belvedere.
• Reference to three interviews (in Dutch).
• Schipper received permanent residency in China in 2005.
• K. Schipper audio archives of Ritual Music in Taiwan