John Owen Hunwick - In Loving Memory from the tribune careers Watch Video
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Description: EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern University Professor Emeritus John Owen Hunwick, who discovered a treasure trove of historic Arab literature stored in trunks in Timbuktu, Mali, died April 1 at his home in Skokie. He was 78.nHunwick was a pioneering and world-renowned scholar of Islam and Africa who worked to change the perception that Africa was a continent lacking written records, a hallmark of civilization. The significance was akin to the recovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, a colleague told the