Back إسحاق جاكوب شميت Arabic خورخى شميت ARZ Isaak Jakob Schmidt Catalan Isaak Jakob Schmidt German Isaak Jakob Schmidt Spanish Isaac Jacob Schmidt Italian Яков Иванович Шмидт Mongolian Isaac Jacob Smidt Dutch Шмидт, Яков Иванович Russian Isaak Jakob Schmidt Swedish
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| Born | 25 October [O.S. 14 October] 1779 |
| Died | 20 September [O.S. 8 September] 1847 |
| Awards | Order of Saint Vladimir |
Isaac Jacob Schmidt (Russian: Яков Иванович (Исаак Якоб) Шмидт; 25 October [O.S. 14 October] 1779 — 20 September [O.S. 8 September] 1847 [1]) was an Orientalist specialising in Mongolian and Tibetan. Schmidt was a Moravian missionary to the Kalmyks and devoted much of his labour to Bible translation.
Born in Amsterdam, he spent much of his career in St. Petersburg as a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He published the first grammar and dictionary of Mongolian, as well as a grammar and dictionary of Tibetan. He also translated Saghang Sechen's Erdeni-yin tobči into German, and several Geser Khan epics into Russian and German. His works are regarded as ground-breaking for the establishment of Mongolian and Tibetan studies.
- ^ Прохоров, А. М., ed. (1978). "Шмидт Исаак Якоб". «Большая Советская Энциклопедия» (В 30 томах). Vol. 29. Москва: Советская энциклопедия. p. 444.