!!!Haller von Hallerstein, Augustin

Haller von Hallerstein, Augustin, b. Ljubljana, Slovenia (then 
Laibach), Aug. 18, 1703, d. Beijing (China), Oct. 29, 1774, 
Jesuit missionary in China, astronomer. Member of an old aristocratic 
family originally from Tyrol. From 1738 in China, 1749 visits to 
Tartar tribes. Supported oppressed Christians in China. 1751-1758 
visitator; 1757-1762 and 1766-1774 provincial of the Jesuit mission in 
the Far East. Author of numerous essays about China.

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Work: Observationes astronomicae ab anno 1717 ad annum 1752 a PP. 
Societatis Jesu Pekini Sinarum factae ..., 2 vols., 1768.


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