Nguyễn Đình Đầu

In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Nguyễn, but is often simplified to Nguyen in English-language text. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Đầu.

Nguyễn Đình Đầu (born Hanoi, March 12, 1920) is a Vietnamese historian.[1] Đầu's researches include the early history of Saigon.[2]

References

  1. Nguyễn Đình Đầu : Người Việt Nam không chia rẽ – 29 May 2013 - Entretien rare avec le chercheur Nguyen Dinh Dau, originaire de Hanoi, aujourd' hui âgé de 93 ans."
  2. Erik Harms Saigon's Edge: On the Margins of Ho Chi Minh City 2011 - Page 37 "Although most sources identify the founding of what is now Ho Chi Minh City with the military occupation of the area, the naming of districts, and the establishment of administrative works by Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh in 1698, Professor Nguyễn Đình Đầu argues that it did not become a true “city” until Nguyễn Cửu Đàm built a citadel there in 1772 to protect against the danger of Siamese ."
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