Magnus Bäcklund

Magnus was born in Alstakan, Gunnarskog parish, Värmland. He grew up in a poor family and had to work hard. He found employment at ''Östlund & Almqvist'' in Arvika. He studied German, French, and Greek during this time.
In 1895, he travelled to Kashgar, but being delayed, he studied Uyghur in Bukhara, and only arrived in Kashgar June the following year, 1897. In Xinjiang, he worked at the Mission hospital.
On 26 June 1903 he died of typhoid fever, and was buried in Kashgar. He was 36 years old. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Östensson, Ellinor, Fröberg, Maria, Leval, Amy, Hellström, Ann-Cathrin, Bäcklund, Magnus, Zethraeus, Niklas, Andersson, Sonia
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by Kool, Marcel, Korshunov, Andrey, Remke, Marc, Jones, David T. W., Schlanstein, Maria, Northcott, Paul A., Cho, Yoon-Jae, Koster, Jan, Schouten-van Meeteren, Antoinette, van Vuurden, Dannis, Clifford, Steven C., Pietsch, Torsten, von Bueren, Andre O., Rutkowski, Stefan, McCabe, Martin, Collins, V. Peter, Bäcklund, Magnus L., Haberler, Christine, Bourdeaut, Franck, Delattre, Olivier, Doz, Francois, Ellison, David W., Gilbertson, Richard J., Pomeroy, Scott L., Taylor, Michael D., Lichter, Peter, Pfister, Stefan M.
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