Josef Markwart, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Josef Markwart

German historian

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1864

Place of Birth: Germany

Date of Death: 04-Feb-1930

Profession: historian

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Josef Markwart (spelled also Josef Marquart; December 9, 1864 in Reichenbach am Heuberg – February 4, 1930 in Berlin) was a German historian and orientalist.
He specialized in Turkish and Iranian Studies and the history of the Middle East.The Encyclopædia Iranica wrote that "His books are full of profound and nearly inexhaustible erudition, revealing that their author was a learned historian, philologist, geographer, and ethnologist." The encyclopedia cited his 1901 book Eranšahr as "still an authoritative work and probably his most important."