Gustav Haloun (12 January 1898, Brtnice, Moravia, Austria-Hungary — 24 December 1951, Cambridge, England) was a Czech sinologist. He studied in Vienna under Arthur von Rosthorn and in Leipzig under August Conrady from where he received his Dr. phil. in 1923. He obtained habilitation at Charles University in Prague where he lectured in 1926-1927. Afterwards he taught at Halle University (1928-1931), and Göttingen University (1931-1938), before becoming Chair of Chinese Language and History at Cambridge University, succeeding Arthur Christopher Moule and preceding Edwin G. Pulleyblank in that position. He researched about the Hundred Schools of Thought, Bactria, Da Yuezhi, and Guanzi texts (cf. Guan Zhong). Haloun's papers are held at Cambridge University Library. Further reading Ceadel, Eric Bertrand, 'Published works of the late Professor Gustav Haloun', Asia Major 3:1 (1953); PDF Franke, Herbert: 'Gustav Haloun (1898–1951).' Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft. No. 102, 1952, pp. 1–9. (online in German). Honey, David B., Incense at the Altar: Pioneering Sinologists and the Development of Classical Chinese Philology, 2001, pp. 152–66. Simon, Walter. 'Obituary. Gustav Haloun.' The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. No. 1/2 (Apr., 1952), pp. 93–95. Published by Cambridge University Press. Article Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25222563 External links References 1898 births 1951 deaths 20th-century Czech people 20th-century British people Czech orientalists British orientalists Czech sinologists Academics of the University of Cambridge British people of Czech descent People from Brtnice Czechoslovak emigrants to the United Kingdom