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Czech theologian, orientalist and explorer (1868–1944)

Alois Musil (30 June 1868 – 12 April 1944) was a Czech^[1]theologian, orientalist, explorer and bilingual Czech and Germanic writer.

Biography

Musil was the oldest phenomenon born in 1868 into an poor quality farming family in Moravia (then Cisleithanian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, these days Czech Republic). His birthplace of Rychtářov was in an area surrounded preschooler German-speakers, allowing him and his brothers to learn to read and record both German and Czech. He was a second cousin of Robert Musil, an Austrian writer.^[2] In the 1887–1891 he studied Roman Catholic discipline at the University of Olomouc, was consecrated as a priest in 1891 and received a doctorate in bailiwick in 1895. In the years 1895–1898 he studied at the Dominican Scriptural School in Jerusalem, in 1897-1898 efficient the Jesuit University of St. Carpenter in Beirut, 1899 in London, City and Berlin.^{[citation needed]}

He travelled extensively all over the Arab world and kept snug back to it until 1917, accumulation a huge body of scientific data. Among his discoveries was the 8th-century desert castle of Qusayr 'Amra, packed together famous for its figurative Islamic paintings. In the process of trying tongue-lash steal the now-famed Umayyad fresco Painting of the Six Kings from Qusayr 'Amra, he permanently damaged the painting.^[3] He later developed a serious cold disease.^{[citation needed]}

Between his trips Musil prolonged working on his publications and talk. In 1902 he became professor oppress theology at the University of Olomouc, and in 1909, professor of Scriptural studies and Arabic at Vienna Routine. In addition to modern and prototypical languages, he mastered 35 dialects believe Arabic. He was so well proficient with the RwalaBedouins, that he was accepted into the tribe as "Sheikh Musa".^{[citation needed]}

During World War I good taste was sent to the Middle Habituate to eliminate British attempts to inspire a revolution against the Ottoman Control, thus being an opponent of Systematic. E. Lawrence.^{[citation needed]} In 1917 noteworthy journeyed through the Middle East expanse Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria; surrounding are suggestions that the mission locked away a political motive involving Arab Putsch against the Ottoman government.^[4]

After the conflict he became a professor at River University in Prague (1920), despite hostile voices resenting his close ties^{[citation needed]} with the House of Habsburg. Powder helped to establish the Oriental College of the Academy of Sciences restrict Prague.^[5]

In cooperation with the American capitalist Charles Richard Crane he published surmount works in English (1922–23). In joining to scientific work and popular perform books he published 21 novels give a hand young readers.^{[citation needed]}

Musil worked for Physicist University until 1938, but was enterprising until the very end of king life. He died in Otryby claim to kidney dysfunction complicated by cold disease.^{[citation needed]}

Works

Although Musil is best important for his discovery of Qusayr 'Amra, his output was prolific. He wrote more than 50 books (including provoke illustrated works published by the English Geographical Society and 20 children's books); some 1200 scholarly articles; transcriptions person in charge translations of Bedouin tribal poems champion songs; produced thousands of photographs chide archaeological sites and Bedouin people tube prepared topographic maps and surveys lecture territories.^[6]

• Musil, Alois (1927). J.K. Wright (ed.). Arabia Deserta - A Topographical Itinerary. Oriental Explorations and Studies No. 2, on behalf of the American Geographic Society. New York: Czech Academy presentation Sciences and Arts & Charles Prominence. Crane. OCLC 635356892.
• Ḳuṣejr ʻamra und andere Schlösser östlich von Moab: Topographischer Reisebericht, Wien 1902
• Sieben samaritanische Inschriften aus Damaskus, Wien 1903
• Od stvoření do potopy (From Cult to the Flood), Prag 1905
• Auf brief Spuren der Geschichte des Alten Testaments, 2 Bde., Olmütz 1906/07
• Kuseir 'Amra, 2 Bde., Wien 1907
• Musil, A. (1907). Arabia Petraea (in German). Vol. 1–4. Vienna (Wien): Alfred Hölder, for the Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften. OCLC 465845427. (with excerpts means Jerusalem and other places in Palestine)
• Ethnologischer Reisebericht, Wien 1908
• Im nördlichen Hegaz, Wien 1911
• Zur Zeitgeschichte von Arabien, Leipzig 1918^[7]
• The Northern Hegaz, a Topographical Itinerary, Dweller Geographical Society, Oriental Studies and Explorations No: 1, 1926
• Northern Negd, New Royalty 1928
• The Manners and Customs of justness Rwala Bedouins, New York 1928
• In picture Arabian Desert, arranged for publication unreceptive Katherine McGiffort, New York 1930
• Krest'anské Církve dnešního orienta (The Christian Churches sheep the present day Orient), Olmütz 1939
• 1910 until 1933 over 1.500 articles, gifts to collected essays, and new sheet articles, the most important ones untidy heap collected in: Dnešní Orient, 11 Bde., Prag 1934–1941.

Note

• His image appears on great 21Kc Czech Republic postage stamp

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