For over 20 years he bad made Peiping his new home, as there he was in closest touch with the sources and material that he required for hig particular work." But, for quite other reasons apart from' his work, von Stod-Holstein. was greatly tached to the ancient city or, to be more exact I should say, to the Arrival in China The Late Daren A. von Stael-Holste Returning to Russia some years tater he resigned from the Russ Foreign OMice and Joined the Univ sity of Pelrogead as professor of Sonskirt, In 1915 he paid. q visit to Japan to study Buddhism on the spot, and In 1916 arrived in Peking, where he determined to settle " down for Hood, becoming professor of Sanskirt at the Peking National University.
In 1027 he was appointed director of the Sino-Indian Research Institute Harvard University and was, me viled to lecture there, He remained Ju the United States for two, year 1028-1029, returning '9. Peking noel ate' professor of the Harvard Yenching Research Institute.
In 1030 he married the sister of the ete Mr, W. W. Grave who was at tone time First Counsellor 0 the Imperial Russian Legation at Peking.
During later years von Stael-H stein was occupied in writing treaties In connection with his work for Har~ yard University, giving lectures, and taking private classes of students of nationalities who were interested tied on right up to the day of his illness, He contributed a large number of works of all kinds on his special Branches of study, "specially Sanskrit, Tibetan and Lamaism in all of which he enjoyed a world-wi ingul particular Oriental long wrote and spoke English, German and Russian, with equal fclity.
He is survived by his wife, a son of seven and a daughter of five 'A Personal Tribute
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