Bernhard Karlgren

Bernhard Karlgren
Born	(1889-10-15)15 October 1889 Jönköping, Sweden-Norway
Died	20 October 1978(1978-10-20) (aged 89) Stockholm, Sweden
Alma mater	Uppsala University
Known for	Pioneering reconstructions of Middle Chinese and Old Chinese
Scientific career
Fields	Ancient Chinese linguistics, literature
Institutions	Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities University of Gothenburg
Academic advisors	Johan August Lundell
Notable students	Hans Bielenstein Göran Malmqvist
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	高本漢
Simplified Chinese	高本汉
Hanyu Pinyin	Gāo Běnhàn
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gāo Běnhàn Bopomofo ㄍㄠ   ㄅㄣˇ   ㄏㄢˋ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Gau Beenhann Wade–Giles Kao1 Pên3-han4 Tongyong Pinyin Gao Běnhàn Yale Romanization Gāu Běnhàn MPS2 Gāu Běn-hàn IPA [káʊ pə̀n.xân]

Klas Bernhard Johannes Karlgren (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈbæ̌ːɳaɖ ˈkɑ̂ːɭɡreːn]; 15 October 1889 – 20 October 1978) was a Swedish sinologist and linguist who pioneered the study of Chinese historical phonology using modern comparative methods. In the early 20th century, Karlgren conducted large surveys of the varieties of Chinese and studied historical information on rhyming in ancient Chinese poetry, then used them to create the first ever complete reconstructions of what are now called Middle Chinese and Old Chinese.