!!!Gabriel, Alfons

Gabriel, Alfons, b. Beroun, Czech Republic (then Beraun), Feb. 4, 1894, 
d. Vienna, May 28, 1976, geographer and travel writer, physician in 
the West Indies (Island of Bonaire), expeditions to Iran (1927/28, 
1933, 1937) and Afghanistan, 1945-1959 honorary lecturer and later 
professor at the University of World Trade in Vienna (today's 
University of Economics and Business Administration), physician in 
Leobendorf at the same time. He focused especially on historical and 
geographical aspects and was one of the last explorers who travelled 
and worked in the traditional way.

!Works
Durch Persiens Wuesten, 1935; Weites, wildes Iran, 1940; Die 
Wuesten der Erde und ihre Erforschung, 1961.



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