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About Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria
Archduke Rainer Ferdinand Maria Johann Evangelist Franz Ignaz of Austria was an Austrian prince and politician who served as Minister-President of Austria from 1861 to 1865. Later in his life, he took up the collection of preserved papyri, largely from Egypt, and served as a benefactor and patron while working with the Oriental studies department of the University of Vienna. His purchases of papyri from Egypt formed the Rainer collection at the Austrian National Library.
Everything about Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria →- Occupation
- politician, military personnel, Archduke
- Position held
- Minister-President of Austria, Member of the House of Lords (Austria)
- Citizenship
- Austrian Empire, Austria–Hungary
- Born
- January 11, 1827
- Died
- January 27, 1913