Wilhelm Schiffer

PersonType	Category:Editors
FirstName / namefirst	Wilhelm
LastName / namelast	Schiffer
MainNamePhon	Wilhelm Schiffer
SortName	Schiffer, Wilhelm
bio	The Reverend Wilhelm Schiffer, born in 1914 and a member of the Jesuit Order since 1933, studied philosophy, theology and sinology in Germany, China and Japan. Since 1950 he taught Chinese philosophy and comparative religious science at Sophia University in Tokyo. From 1950 until 1963 he was editor-in-chief of Monumenta Nipponica, and he became editor of Contemorary Religions in Japan, a journal published by the International Institute for the Study of Religions, of which he was also director of research. He was senior vice president of the Asiatic Society of Japan and member of many learned societies. He passed away in 1972. (Adapted from the inside jacket of Myōhō-Renge-Kyō: The Sutra of the Lotus Flower of the Wonderful Law, Aug 12, 2021)
YearBirth	1914
YearDeath	1972
IsInGyatsa	No
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