Rıfat Osman Bey
Rıfat Osman Bey (18 February 1874 Istanbul – 10 May 1933) was a Turkish physician, writer and historian, who was one of the patriarchs of the pseudoscientific Sun Language Theory.
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Rıfat Osman Bey
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- Name
- Rıfat Osman Bey
- Born
- 1874
- Birthplace
- Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
- Died
- 10 May 1933
- Place of death
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Nationality
- Turkey and Ottoman Empire.
- Occupation
- physician, medical historian, painter, architect, photographer and radiologist.
- Education
- Imperial School of Medicine.
- Languages
- Turkish.
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Rıfat Osman Bey (18 February 1874 Istanbul – 10 May 1933) was a Turkish physician, writer and historian, who was one of the patriarchs of the pseudoscientific Sun Language Theory.
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• Name — Rıfat Osman Bey • Born — 1874 • Birthplace — Constantinople, Ottoman Empire • Died — 10 May 1933 • Place of death — Istanbul, Turkey
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He studied at Kuleli Medical High School and later became a student of the painter Süleyman Seyyid during his high school years. He continued his education at the Military Medical School.
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Institutional cataloguing adds that rıfat Osman Bey is recorded with the occupation architect. It is also recorded that rıfat Osman Bey is recorded with the occupation photographer. Recorded with the occupation radiologist. It is also recorded that rıfat Osman Bey is recorded as a citizen of Ottoman Empire. Recorded with the gender male. It is also recorded that rıfat Osman Bey was born on 1 January 1874. Institutional cataloguing adds that rıfat Osman Bey died on 10 May 1933. Recorded with the occupation physician. It is also recorded that rıfat Osman Bey is recorded with the occupation medical historian. It is also recorded that rıfat Osman Bey is recorded with the occupation painter.
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