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Alexandra David-Neel (1868–1969)

Author of Magic and Mystery in Tibet

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David-Neel, Alexandra
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David, Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie
Date of birth
1868-10-24
Date of death
1969-09-08
Burial location
Ganges River (ashes)
Gender
female
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Belgium
France
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Birthplace
Saint-Mandé, France
Place of death
Digne-les-Bains, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
Places of residence
Paris, France
Ixelles, Belgium
Lhasa, Tibet
Digne-les-Bains, France
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explorer
spiritualist
travel writer
writer
opera singer
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Born Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie David in Paris, she began traveling at a young age. In 1904, she married railroad engineer Philippe Néel. She left him in 1911 and traveled east to study Buddhism. Madame David-Néel is best known today for her stay in Lhasa, Tibet, disguised as a pilgrim, in 1924, when it was forbidden to foreigners.
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