caption death_date birth_date spouse image article_title name
missionary to east turkestan 1945 7 february 1871 evelina elisabet björkgren graquette.jpg gösta raquette
 gustaf rikard raquette
gösta raquette

gustaf rikard raquette '' -lrb- also spelled gustav -rrb- '' -lrb- 7 feb. 1871-1945 -rrb- was a missionary with the mission covenant church of sweden -lrb- in swedish ` svenska missions förbundet ' -rrb- to central asia raquette was born on 7 february 1871 in tolfta parish , uppsala county .
he served as a medical missionary in baku and buchara from 1895 -- 96 , kashgar from 1896-1901 , yarkand from 1904 -- 11 and once more in kashgar from 1913 -- 21 , then he returned to sweden via tibet and india .
raquette married evelina elisabet björkgren on 16 may 1896 .
after he returned to sweden , and took up a lectureship at the university of lund .
gunnar jarring is one of his most well known pupils from his time teaching at the university .
