Alexander von Staël-Holstein
Estonian author
Alexander Wilhelm Freiherr Staël von Holstein was a Baltic German aristocrat, Russian and Estonian orientalist, sinologist, and Sanskritologist specializing in Buddhist texts. Wikipedia
Born: January 1, 1877, Tõstamaa Parish, Estonia
Died: March 16, 1937 (age 60 years), Beijing, China
Education: Harvard University, Humboldt University of Berlin, and University of Tartu
Great-grandparents: Wilhelm von Grote, Johann Erich Stael von Holstein, Isabella, Gräfin von der Borch, and more