Unkrig Wilhelm A (2 results)

kart., broschiert. Condition: Gut. 21 S., 3 Abb. Einband leicht berieben/angeschmutzt/angerissen/altersbedingt etwas gebräunt, ansonsten gut erh. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 70.

Seiten 234 - 298. Separatabdruck. - Mit mehrzeiliger, persönlicher Widmung von W.A. Unkrieg, von diesem unterfertigt. - Leichte Lagerspuren, sonst und insgesamt sauber und solide. **** Unkrig was born in 1883 in Köslin (today: Koszalin/Poland) as son of a crofter. He studied theology in Zhytomyr (today in Ukraine) and Kazan (today in Tatarstan) with the aim to become an orthodox missionary in Mongolia. In 1912 he finished his exams and became a Russian Orthodox priest. His main interests were Mongolian Language, Mongolian Buddhism and Lamaism. After WW I he joined Pater Wilhelm Schmidts Anthropos-Institute in Mödling. From 1924 to 1926 he worked there as a librarian and an assistant to the anthropology journal Anthropos. In 1926 he went to Berlin, where he worked as a freelance author. Berlin anthropologist Hans Findeisen supported him with jobs. In 1936 he accepted an invitation of Erwin Roussell to work as librarian at the Institute for Sinology at Frankfurt/Main. There he also worked for the journals Sinica and Sinica Sonderausgaben. From 1943 onwards he worked as a lecturer for Mongolian, Tibetian and Lamaism at the University of Frankfurt/Main. Sven Hedin invited him to visit Stockholm and work with him on the catalogue Mongolica. His involvement in the context of NS-policy on Central Asia and Tibet (Amt Rosenberg) is discussed (.) Unkrig died in 1956 in Traisa (close to Darmstadt). (Quelle: germananthropology/dot/com) ****An unsere Kunden in Deutschland: Versand nach Deutschland einmal in der Woche ab Freilassing mit der Deutschen Post.*** - Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 200 Gr.-8°, Blockgeheftet mit Rückenbroschur.…