Moshe Brawer

Brawer in 2015

Moshe Brawer (Hebrew: משה ברוור‎; 3 November 1919 – 28 December 2020) was an Israeli geographer. In 2002, he won the Israel Prize for geography research. He was the author of The Atlas of the World, an Israeli textbook published in at least 67 editions.

Brawer was born in Vienna, Austria, to a Jewish family. His family moved to Jerusalem in 1920. He turned 100 in 2019. Brawer died on 28 December 2020, aged 101.

References

  1. ↑ "An Atlas of the World on His Shoulders". Haaretz. 28 March 2002. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Israel Prize-winning geographer Moshe Brawer dies at 101