Léopold Michel Cadière
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Père Léopold Michel Cadière (1869 – 1955) is a French missionary
of Paris Foreign Missions Society
(Missions Etrangères de Paris) who wrote 250 research works about Vietnam
ese history, religions, customs, linguistics in early 20th century. He placed the important foundation for Vietnamese studies in 20th century. He arrived in Huế
on 20 October 1892.
Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin...
of Paris Foreign Missions Society
Paris Foreign Missions Society
The Society of Foreign Missions of Paris is a Roman Catholic missionary organization. It is not a religious order, but an organization of secular priests and lay persons dedicated to missionary work in foreign lands....
(Missions Etrangères de Paris) who wrote 250 research works about Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
ese history, religions, customs, linguistics in early 20th century. He placed the important foundation for Vietnamese studies in 20th century. He arrived in Huế
Hue
Hue is one of the main properties of a color, defined technically , as "the degree to which a stimulus can be describedas similar to or different from stimuli that are described as red, green, blue, and yellow,"...
on 20 October 1892.