George de Roerich

George de Roerich
File:Юрий Рерих.jpg George de Roerich in 1938
Native name	Юрий Рёрих
Born	George Nicolas de Roerich (1902-08-16)August 16, 1902 Okulovka, Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	May 21, 1960(1960-05-21) (aged 57) Moscow, Soviet Union
Education	School of Oriental Studies, University of London, 1918–1920 Harvard University, 1920–1922 University of Paris, 1922–1923
Occupation	Tibetologist translator
Parents	Nicholas Roerich (father) Helena Roerich (mother)

George Nicolas de Roerich (Romanized Russian: Yury Nikolayevich Ryorikh) (1902–1960). A Russian Tibetologist and translator. Roerich's work encompassed many areas of Tibetan studies, but in particular he is known for his contributions to Tibetan dialectology, his monumental translation of the Blue Annals, and his 11-volume Tibetan–Russian–English dictionary (published posthumously).

George was the son of the painter and explorer Nicholas Roerich and Helena Roerich.

Further reading

• George de Roerich, Wikipedia