CONRADY, AUGUST (1864-1926), German orientalist, was born at Wiesbaden on April 28, 1864. In 1897 he was appoint ed a professor at the University of Leipzig, where he eventually became director of the school of oriental studies. He became an authority on Chinese languages and literature and on Indo Chinese philology, the study of which he originated.
Among his works are Eine indochinesische Kausativ-Denominativ bildung (1896) ; the section on "China" in J. von Pflugk-Harttung's Weltgeschichte (191o) ; Die chinesischen Handschriftenkunde Sven Hedins in Lou-lan (192o) .