Nguyễn Đình Đầu

Vietnamese historian (1920–2024)

Nguyễn Đình Đầu (12 March 1920 – 20 September 2024) was a Vietnamese historian.^[1] Đầu's research contributions include the early history of Saigon.^[2] He turned 100 in March 2020.^[3]

Nguyễn died on 20 September 2024, at the age of 104.^[4]

References

^ 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."
^ 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 ."
^ Sử gia Nguyễn Đình Đầu hơn 100 tuổi vẫn minh mẫn, thông tuệ
^ Lê Công Sơn, Sơn (20 September 2024). "Nhà nghiên cứu Nguyễn Đình Đầu qua đời". Thanh Niên. Retrieved 20 September 2024.