Paul Schebesta

Paul Schebesta
Schebesta (center) before 1935
Born(1887-03-20)20 March 1887
Pietrowice Wielkie, Moravia, Austria-Hungary
Died17 September 1967(1967-09-17) (aged 80)
Maria Enzersdorf, Austria
EducationMission House St. Gabriel
University of Vienna
Years active1911–1967
Signature

Paul Schebesta (20 March 1887 – 17 September 1967) was a Polish Catholic missionary, ethnographer, linguist and anthropologist. He was a member of the Society of the Divine Word. He is known for his studies on pygmy peoples and was one of the leading authorities on the subject.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.