Isaac Jacob Schmidt

Isaac Jacob Schmidt (; — ) was an Orientalist specialising in Mongolian and Tibetan studies. Schmidt was a Moravian missionary to the Kalmyks and devoted much of his labour to Bible translation.

Born in Amsterdam, he spent much of his career in St. Petersburg as a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He published the first grammar and dictionary of Mongolian, as well as a grammar and dictionary of Tibetan. He also translated Saghang Sechen's Erdeni-yin tobči into German, and several Geser Khan epics into Russian and German. His works are regarded as ground-breaking for the establishment of Mongolian and Tibetan studies. Provided by Wikipedia