Baron Omar Rolf von Ehrenfels
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Dr. Baron Omar Rolf von Ehrenfels, born Leopold Werner von Ehrenfels (28 April 1901 - 1980) was an Austrian anthropologist and orientalist. He was born as the only son of the late Baron Christian von Ehrenfels, the founder of the modern structural Gestalt psychology in Austria. He is the brother of Imma von Bodmershof, the Austrian poet who received the Grand Austrian State Prize in 1958.
Dr. Ehrenfels converted to Islam in 1926, assuming the name Omar, and later became a Professor of Anthropology and authored numerous scientific and Islamic publications.
