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title: "2 Toby Lester Quotes - Famous Journalist (The fourth part of the world)"
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# Toby Lester

(1964)   Journalist   United States

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Toby Lester is a journalist from the United States, best known for *The fourth part of the world*.

## Quick Facts About Toby Lester

Born November 2, 1964

Nationality United States

Profession Journalist

Notable works The fourth part of the world

## About Toby Lester

Toby Lester is an American journalist, scholar and author. He received attention after writing two nonfiction works on the role of maps in the discovery of America and on Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of the Vitruvian Man.

##  Quotes by Toby Lester

> [...the prominent Egyptian government minister, university professor, and writer Taha Hussein...devoted himself to the study of pre-Islamic Arabian poetry and ended up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-lester/the-prominent-egyptian-government-minister-university-professor-and/)

[Toby Lester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-lester/)

[Accounts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accounts/)

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> [The only real source of historical information about pre-Islamic Mecca and the circumstances of the Koran's revelation is the classical Islamic story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-lester/the-only-real-source-of-historical-information-about-pre-islamic/)

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[Circumstances](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/circumstances/)

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