Herbert Guenther (1917–2006), a pioneer in the field of Tibetan studies, was professor emeritus of Far Eastern Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. He was born in Bremen, Germany, and received his PhDs from the universities of Munich and Vienna. From 1950 to 1962, he taught at Lucknow and Varanasi Sanskrit Universities in India. In 1964 he established and chaired the Department of Far Eastern Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. His many years of teaching in Europe, India, Canada, and the United States have given his work a unique perspective.
