He wrote a major work on the Chinese buddhist medieval pilgrim Huie René Grousset (Septem– September 12, 1952) was a French historian specializing in Asiatic and Oriental history. In 1933 he was appointed director of the Cernuschi Museum in Paris and curator of its Asiatic art collections. By 1930 he had published five major works on Asiatic and Oriental civilizations. In 1925 Grousset was appointed adjunct conservator of the Musee Guimet in Paris and secretary of the Journal asiatique. He served in the French army during World War I. Having graduated from the University of Montpellier with a degree in history he began his distinguished career in the French Ministry of Fine Arts soon afterward. René Grousset (Septem– September 12, 1952) was a French historian specializing in Asiatic and Oriental history.
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