Titus Burckhardt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Titus Burckhardt

Swiss academic (1908-1984)

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1908

Place of Birth: Florence, Tuscany

Date of Death: 15-Jan-1984

Profession: writer, historian, art historian, philosopher

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Titus Burckhardt (who also used Ibrahim Izz al-Din as his Islamic name), a German Swiss, was born in Florence, Italy in 1908 and died in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1984.
He devoted all his life to the study and exposition of the different aspects of Wisdom tradition. He was an eminent member of the "Traditionalist School" of twentieth-century authors.
He was a frequent contributor to the journal Studies in Comparative Religion along with other prominent members of the school.