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PUYANDA, Moḥammad-Jaʿfar
(1954-1998), scholar and translator of literary texts and sociological studies. He never joined any political organization or party, but was a diligent defender of democracy and freedom of speech and belief.
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WALDSCHMIDT, ERNST i. Life
In 1924, Waldschmidt was awarded a Ph.D. and joined the curatorial staff of the Museum of Ethnography as assistant to Albert von Le Coq (1860-1930), who had participated in the German Turfan Expeditions between 1903 and 1914. The Museum sent Waldschmidt from October 1932 until June 1934 on a research trip to Sri Lanka and India.