Bieber, Friedrich Julius#
b. Vienna, Feb. 24, 1873, d. Vienna, March 3, 1924, explorer in Africa, initially shoemaker and later apprentice in a bookshop, self-taught; the first to explore the Kaffa empire (1905 and 1909). His extensive collections can be found in the Vienna Museum of Ethnology.
Work: Kaffa, 2 vols., 1920-1923.
Literature#
O. Stradal, Der Weg zum letzten Pharao, 1954; A. Herrmann, Afrikaforscher F. J. B., 1976.