Félix-Marie Abel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Félix-Marie Abel

French Catholic historian and geographer

Date of Birth: 29-Dec-1878

Place of Birth: Saint-Uze, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 24-Mar-1953

Profession: monk, geographer, archaeologist, explorer

Nationality: France, Israel

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Félix-Marie Abel (December 29, 1878 – March 24, 1953) was a French archaeologist, a geographer, and a professor at the École Biblique in Jerusalem.
A Dominican priest, he was one of the most prominent bible scholars in the end of Ottoman era and British Mandate era.
His work "remains even today the authority on the Greek sources for Palestine", according to Benedict T.
Viviano.