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Type of entity
Person
Forma autorizată a numelui
Mason, Herbert
Formularul paralel (e) de nume
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Mason, Herbert, 1932-2017
Alta forma(e) a numelui
- Herbert Mason
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Description area
Dates of existence
1932-2017
Istorie
Herbert Mason is a professor of Arabic and Islamic studies in the history and religion departments of Boston University in Massachusetts. He first became interested in his field through contact with Louis Massignon. Mason later introduced Merton to Massignon. Mason has written and translated many middle eastern texts from a narrative on the Gilgamesh epic to a translation of Massignon's most famous work, «The Passion of al-Hallaj». (Sources: «Witness to Freedom», p. 259; and "Herbert Mason" Boston University (website). Accessed 5 Dec. 2005. ‹http://www.bu.edu/uni/faculty/profiles/mason.html›.)