According to Rahyafte(the missionaries and converts website)Born in Nov 1941, Fragner was a professor of Iranology. He was a lecturer on Iranian studies at the University of Bamberg from 1984 to 2003 before directing the Institute of Iranian Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences from 2003 – 2010.
He is one of the authors of Encyclopedia Iranica in the field of history of economics.
On 16 July 2010, Fragner was awarded the Dr. Mahmud Afshar Prize at the Academy of Sciences in Vienna, for helping to promote Persian and Iranian culture and history.
He passed away on December 16, 2021, at 80.
SOURCE:IQNA
