George de Roerich

George de Roerich
George de Roerich
Юрий Рёрих
	George de Roerich in 1938
Pronunciation	IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj nʲɪkəˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ˈrʲɵrʲɪx]
Born	George Nicolas de Roerich; August 16, 1902; Okulovka, Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	May 21, 1960 (aged 57); Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
Resting place	Novodevichy Cemetery
Occupations	Tibetologist; translator;
Parents	Nicholas Roerich (father); Helena Roerich (mother);
Relatives	Svetoslav Roerich (brother); Devika Rani (sister-in-law);
Academic background
Education	School of Oriental Studies, University of London, 1918–1920; Harvard University, 1920–1922; University of Paris, 1922–1923;

George Nicolas de Roerich (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Рёрих, romanized: Yury Nikolayevich Ryorikh, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj nʲɪkəˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ˈrʲɵrʲɪx]; 1902–1960) was a Russian Tibetologist and translator. Roerich's work encompassed many areas of Tibetan studies, but he is most known for his contributions to Tibetan dialectology, his translation of the Blue Annals, and his 11-volume Tibetan–Russian–English dictionary (published posthumously).