Gertrud Thausing
Gertrud Maria Elisa Thausing (born December 29, 1905 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; † May 6, 1997 ibid) was an Austrian Egyptologist .
Life
Gertrud Thausing studied Egyptology at the University of Vienna with Hermann Junker (full professor 1912–1929, then honorary professor) and Wilhelm Czermak (associate professor since 1923) and received her doctorate in 1930 . In 1941 she became an assistant at the University of Vienna and a lecturer there in 1942. Her habilitation took place in 1942, and from 1953 until her retirement in 1977 she was head of the Institute for Egyptology and African Studies at the University of Vienna.
Fonts (selection)
- The Resurrection Thought in Egyptian Religious Texts . Leipzig 1943, OCLC 4098291 (habilitation thesis).
- with Traudl Kerszt-Kratschmann: The great Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus Reinisch) of the papyrus collection of the Austrian National Library . Austrian Cultural Institute, Cairo 1969, OCLC 602543442 .
- with Hans Goedicke : Nefertari. A documentation of the murals of her grave . Academic Printing and Publishing Company , Graz 1971, OCLC 1049535673 .
- To be and become. An attempt at a holistic view of the religion of the Pharaonic Empire . Institute for Ethnology, Vienna 1971, OCLC 781598979 .
- Tarudet. A life for Egyptology . Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz 1989, ISBN 3-201-01456-7 (autobiography).
literature
- Manfred Bietak , Johanna Holaubek , Hans Mukarovsky , Helmut Satzinger (eds.): Festschrift Gertrud Thausing. Between the two ages . Institute for Egyptology, Vienna 1994, OCLC 473373367 (pp. XI-XIV list of publications).
- Morris L. Bierbrier: Who was who in Egyptology . 4th revised edition. Egypt Exploration Society. London 2012. XVI + 600 pp. ISBN 978-0-85698-207-1 , p. 538.
- Johanna Holaubek: Thausing, Gertrud , in: Brigitta Keintzel, Ilse Korotin (Hrsg.): Scientists in and from Austria: Life - Work - Work . Vienna: Böhlau, 2002 ISBN 3-205-99467-1 , pp. 745-747
Web links
- Literature by and about Gertrud Thausing in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary by Helmut Satzinger
Leo Reinisch (1873–1902) | Hermann Junker (1912–1929) | Wilhelm Czermak (1931–1953) | Gertrud Thausing (1954–1977) | Dieter Arnold (1979–1984) | Manfred Bietak (1989–2009) | Eva Christiana Köhler (since 2010)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thausing, Gertrud |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thausing, Gertrud Maria Elisa (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Egyptologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 1997 |
| Place of death | Vienna |