Alfons Gabriel

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Alfons Gabriel (born February 4, 1894 in Beraun , † May 28, 1976 [or 1974 or 1975] in Vienna ) was an Austrian tropical medicine specialist and explorer .

Life

Gabriel studied medicine at the Universities of Groningen and Vienna and received his doctorate in 1920. He attended the tropical school in Batavia on Java and worked from 1922 to 1932 as a doctor in the West Indies (on Curaçao and Bonaire ), on the Malay Archipelago and in the Republic of China .

In three expeditions in 1927/28, 1933 and 1937 Gabriel explored the deserts of Iran and Afghanistan ( Lut and Kavir ) with his wife Agnes . The two were the first Europeans to cross the Lut desert. He has written widely acclaimed works about it, the most famous of which, Through Persia's Deserts (1935), has even been translated into Persian .

From 1934 Gabriel worked as a country doctor in several communities in Austria. From 1945 to 1959 he was an honorary lecturer and later professor for tropical hygiene at the University of World Trade . In addition, he continued to work as a doctor in Leobendorf and took part in development projects, v. a. on Bonaire , part.

Fonts

  • In the remote Orient. A travel report. R. Oldenbourg, Munich / Berlin 1929.
  • with Agnes Gabriel grief: Through Persia's deserts. New hikes in the dry areas of Inner Iran. Strecker & Schröder, Stuttgart 1935.
  • Chogogo. From the life of the flamingos. Strecker and Schröder, Stuttgart 1938.
  • with Agnes Gabriel-Kummer: From the loneliness of Iran. 3. Research trip through the Lut desert and Persian Baločistan with a trip through southern Afghanistan. Strecker & Schröder, Stuttgart 1939.
  • Far, wild Iran. 3 years of research trips in deserts and steppes. Strecker & Schröder, Stuttgart 1940.
  • Foreign seas, jungles and deserts. From the diaries of a doctor and explorer. Universum, Vienna 1948.
  • Exploring Persia. The development of occidental knowledge of the geography of Persia. Holzhausen, Vienna 1952.
  • The image of the desert. Holzhausen, Vienna 1958.
  • The deserts of the earth and their exploration. Springer, Berlin / Göttingen / Heidelberg 1961; Reprint: Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 1978, ISBN 3-540-02765-3 .
  • Marco Polo in Persia. Typographic Institute, Vienna 1963.
  • Forgotten travelers to Persia. Notring, Vienna 1969.
  • (Editor) Cruel paradises. The great deserts. Photographs by Folco Quilici. Österreichischer Bundesverlag, Vienna / Schreiber, Esslingen / Union, Stuttgart 1969.
  • Religious geography of Persia. Hollinek, Vienna 1971.
  • The religious world of Iran. Origin and Fate of Beliefs on Persian Soil. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Graz 1974, ISBN 3-205-07113-1 .

literature

Movie

  • Iran. Departure to the unknown Orient. Documentary and scenic documentation, Iran, Austria, 2003, 43:20 min., Book: Peter Thomsen, director: Wolfgang Thaler, production: Wega Film Wien, ORF , media service bm: wk , DEGA-Film Tehran, film data from Wega Movie and movie information from phoenix .

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personal data
SURNAME Gabriel, Alfons
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian tropical medicine specialist and research traveler
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Beraun
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1976
Place of death Vienna