Background
Raquette was born on 7 February 1871 in Tolfta Parish, Uppsala County.
Raquette was born on 7 February 1871 in Tolfta Parish, Uppsala County.
He served as a medical missionary in Baku and Buchara from 1895-1896, Kashgar from 1896-1901, Yarkand from 1904-1911 and once more in Kashgar from 1913-1921, 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.