Henri Havret (15 November 1848 – 29 September 1902) was a French Jesuit priest and missionary active in 19th-century China.
Life and death
He was born in Wassy, France on 15 November 1848.
He died in Xujiahui, China in 1901.
Career
He joined the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1872 and was sent to the Kiangnan Mission in China in 1874. In China, he pursued theological studies and became a priest in 1874. He lost his papers in the 1891 anti-missionary riot in Wuhu.
In 1894, he became a director of Xujiahui seminary and held the post until 1898.
Bibliography
He is the author of a number of notable works written in the French language:
; three volumes, published 1895-1902, on the Xi'an Stele T'ien-tchou, "seigneur du ciel": à propos d'une stèle bouddhique de Tch'eng-tou L'ile de Tsong-ming: a l'embouchure du Yang-tse-kiang Mélanges sur la chronologie chinoise
References
External links
Henri Havret at ISNI Henri Havret at VIAF Henri Havret at BnF Henri Havret at Library of Congress