The Last Dragoman : The Swedish Orientalist Johannes Kolmodin as Scholar, Activist and Diplomat

Johannes Kolmodin (1884-1933) - philologist in Semitic languages and historian - travelled from his native Uppsala to Constantinople in 1917 and stayed until 1931. Based on research in the Uppsala archives, this book presents a portrait of this unusual philologist, historian, activist, and diplomat to recognize the importance of his contributions.