Photography

Ernst Boerschmann

Ernst Boerschmann (18 February 1873 – 30 April 1949) was a German architect, photographer, and sinologist known for his research on and photography of historical Chinese architecture. He was the first foreigner to systematically document China's religious architecture, compiling thousands of photographs, sketches, and architectural surveys over multiple trips to China in the first half of the twentieth century.

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• ▸Henry Beaufoy Merlin
• ▸Battle of Tangier (1437)
• ▸Frank Buck (animal collector)

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