Elisabeth Ettlinger
Elisabeth Ettlinger (born July 14, 1915 in Breslau as Elisabeth Lachmann ; † March 21, 2012 in Küsnacht near Zurich) was a Swiss provincial Roman archaeologist .
Life
She was the daughter of the geologist Richard Lachmann (1885–1916) and his wife Hedwig, née Hopf (1893–1953), a sister of the mathematician Heinz Hopf (1894–1971). In the 1930s she emigrated to Switzerland and studied archeology at the University of Basel . In 1943 she wrote a prize work entitled On Early Imperial Fibulas in Switzerland , with which she was awarded a Dr. phil. received his doctorate . From 1964 she worked as a lecturer for provincial Roman archeology at the University of Bern , where she also completed her habilitation in 1969 and from 1970 as ao. Was a professor. She retired in 1980.
Her field of work was the provincial Roman archeology of Switzerland, but especially the research of Roman ceramics ( Terra Sigillata ). In 1957 she co-founded the Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores , the association of researchers in the field of Roman ceramics. She has published numerous monographs, essays and lexicon articles in this field. In recognition of her research achievements, she was elected a full member of the German Archaeological Institute (1956) and of the Austrian Archaeological Institute (1975) and an honorary member of the Society of Antiquaries in London (1976). Her estate is in the public library of the University of Basel , which received it as a gift from Martin Guggisberg in 2009 .
From 1940 she was married to the microbiologist Leopold Ettlinger (1914–2008).
literature
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar , 1987 edition, Volume 1, p. 969.
- Katrin Roth-Rubi: List of publications by Elisabeth Ettlinger. In: Journal for Swiss Archeology and Art History 47 (1990), pp. 197-200 ( online ).
- NZZ of March 27, 2012, p. 14
Web links
- Literature by and about Elisabeth Ettlinger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituaries (Christa Ebnöther and Philip Kenrick)
- Katrin Roth-Rubi: love of antiquity. On the death of the archaeologist Elisabeth Ettlinger. In: NZZ March 31, 2012
- Elisabeth Ettlinger's estate in the Basel University Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ettlinger, Elisabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Provincial Roman Archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 2012 |
| Place of death | Küsnacht near Zurich |