Fernand Grenard

Joseph-Fernand Grenard (4 July 1866?1 April 1945) was a French explorer, author and diplomat. He spent much of his life in Eastern Turkestan (Xinjiang) and the Tibetan plateau under French govern?ments sponsorship. He authored his East Asian expedition under the French title, Mission Scientifique Dans la Haute-Asie (A Scientific Mission to Upper Asia, 1897?1898) and wrote other titles like Gengis-Khan, La R?volution Russe, Tibet: The Country and its Inhabit?ants,?which?was?translated?into?English?by?A.?Teixeira?de?Mattos.