Wilhelm Tomaschek, or Vilém Tomášek (May 26, 1841, Olomouc

Olomouc

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 – September 9, 1901, Vienna

Vienna

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) was a Czech

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-Austrian

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 geographer

Geographer

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 and orientalist

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. Born at Olmiitz, in Moravia, he received his education at Vienna,
becoming first teacher at the gymnasium, and after 1877 professor of
geography at the University of Graz.

He taught as a professor

Professor

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 at the University of Graz

University of Graz

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 (1877–????), University of Vienna

University of Vienna

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 (1885–????).

He researched about historic geography of South East Asia.

Literary works

• Zentralasiatische Studien, 1877
• Zur historischen Topographie von Persien, 1883–1885
• Zur historischen Topographie von Kleinasien im Mittelalter, 1891
• Die Alten Thraker. Eine ethnologische Untersuchung, 1893–1894