René Gaston Georges Maspero (21 August 1872 – 21 September 1942) was a French sinologist.
He was the son of egyptologist Gaston Maspero and half brother of sinologist Henri Maspero.
A colonial governor of French Indochina, he was appointed résident-mayor of Haiphong, then acting resident superior (15 April 1920 – 6 December 1920)He held this office during the absence of Marius François Baudoin, the actual incumbent. of Cambodia. He subsequently chaired the restructured Banque Industrielle de Chine following its bankruptcy in 1921.
He was among the founders of the École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO).
Publications 1894: Tableau chronologique des souverains de l'Annam, E. J. Brill 1905: Starynna istorii︠a︡ skhidnïkh narodiv, Volume 1, Nakl. Ukraïnsʹko-rusʹkoï vydavnychoï spilky 1915: Grammaire de la langue k̲hmère (cambodgien), Imprimetie Nationale 1918: La Chine, Delagrave 1928: Le Royaume de Champa, G. Van Oest, 1929: Un empire colonial français, l'Indochine, G. Van Oest.
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External links Georges Maspero on data.bnf.fr