Musil, Alois, 1868-1944

The manners and customs of the Rwala Bedouins
Book 1928

Summary: Alois Musil was a Moravian theologian, orientalist, explorer and bilingual Czech and German writer. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4]
Born: 1868-06-30 [2][4]
Birth Place: Rychtářov, République tchèque [3]; Rychtářov [4]
Died: 1944-04-12 [2][4]
Death Place: Otryby, République tchèque [3]; Otryby [4]
Country: Czechoslovakia [2]; Czech Republic [2]
Language: Czech [3]
Occupation: explorer [4]; theologian [4]; pedagogue [4]; writer [4]; university teacher [4]; Catholic priest [4]; teacher [4]; orientalist [4]; arabist [4]; traveler [4]; biblical scholar [4]; ethnographer [4]; prose writer [4]; priest [4]; botanical collector [4]
Profession: Orientalist [2]
Employer: University of Vienna [4]; Charles University [4]; Saints Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology of Palacký University, Olomouc [4]; Oriental Institute, ASCR [4]
Educated at: Saints Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology of Palacký University, Olomouc [4]; Dominican monastery in Olomouc [4]
Country of Education: Czech Republic [4]
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [4]
Yale LUX: Entity [4]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Wikidata

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