Suzanne Karpelès
Suzanne Karpelès | |
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Autochrome portrait by Auguste Léon, 1920 | |
| Born | 17 March 1890 Paris, France |
| Died | 7 November 1968 (aged 78) Pondicherry, India |
| Education | École Pratique des Hautes Études |
| Occupation | Indologist |
| Known for | Conservation of Cambodian texts |
Suzanne Karpelès (17 March 1890 – 7 November 1968) was a French Indologist, who was a multilingual specialist in the languages and cultures of colonized French Indonesia. She was the first curator of the Royal Library of Phnom Penh and suggested the founding of the Buddhist Institute of Cambodia where she served as the first secretary-general.