Identitet
Typ av entitet
Person
Auktoriserad namnform
Mason, Herbert
Parallella namnformer
Standardiserad(e) namnform(er) enligt andra regler
- Mason, Herbert, 1932-2017
Andra typer av namn
- Herbert Mason
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Förteckning
Tid då entitet existerat
1932-2017
Historik
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›.)