| Code | DS/UK/1613 |
| Dates | 16/03/1885-04/02/1964 |
| Person Name | Wiener; Alfred (16/03/1885-04/02/1964); Dr. phil |
| Surname | Wiener |
| Forenames | Alfred |
| Title | Dr. phil |
| Activity | Founder and director of the Wiener Library. High-ranking official in the Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens (Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith, CV, 1919-); founded the Jewish Central Information Office (JCIO) in 1933, transferred the collection (known as 'Wiener Library') to London (1939); director of Wiener Library (1933-1964); worked for British and US Government during World war II.. |
| Relationships | Married Margarethe (died 1945); married Lotte Philips (1953). |
| History | Studied Arab Culture and Languages at the Universities of Berlin and Heidleberg; doctoral dissertation in Arab literature; emigrated to the Netherlands (1933), England (1939). |
| Source | Wiener, Alfred, in: Wiener Library [Onlinefassung]; URL: <http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/> [accessed 29/07/2011]; Wiener, Alfred, in: Wikipedia [Onlinefassung]; URL: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Wiener> [accessed 29/07/2011] |
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