Gertrud Thausing

Gertrud Maria Elisa Thausing (December 29, 1905 - May 4, 1997) was an Austrian Egyptologist, and the head of the Institute for Egyptology and African Studies at the University of Vienna from 1954 to 1977.

Gertrud Thausing
Born
Gertrud Maria Elisa Thausing

December 29, 1905
Vienna, Austria
DiedMay 4, 1997
OccupationHead of the Institute for Egyptology and African Studies at the University of Vienna
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Vienna

Biography

Gertrud Maria Elisa Thausing was born on December 29, 1905, in Vienna. She studied Egyptology at the University of Vienna, and collaborated with prominent Egyptologists Hermann Junker and Wilhelm Czermak.[1] She is most well known for her work on African linguistics, including the study of Egyptian, Coptic and Nubian languages.[2] Her work on Egyptian religion and mythology has also been widely cited.[3] From 1953 to 1977 she was the head of the Institute for Egyptology and African Studies at the University of Vienna.[4]

She published her autobiography Tarudet. Ein Leben für die Ägyptologie in 1989. She died on May 4, 1997, at the age of 92.[1]

Selected bibliography
  • Zwischen den beiden Ewigkeiten: Festschrift Gertrud Thausing (1994) OCLC 473373367
  • Tarudet - Ein Leben für die Ägyptologie (1989) ISBN 3-201-01456-7
  • Sein und Werden. Versuch einer Ganzheitsschau der Religion des Pharaonenreiches (1971) OCLC 781598979
  • Nofretari. Eine Dokumentation der Wandgemälde ihres Grabes (1971) OCLC 1049535673
  • Das große ägyptische Totenbuch (Papyrus Reinisch) der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (1969) OCLC 602543442
  • Der Auferstehungsgedanke in ägyptischen religiösen Texten (1943) OCLC 4098291

References
  1. Satzinger, Helmut. "GERTRUD THAUSING (1905-1997)" (PDF). Universitat Wien.
  2. Backes, Burkhard; Munro, Irmtraut; Stöhr, Simone (2006). Totenbuch-Forschungen: Gesammelte Beiträge Des 2. Internationalen Totenbuch-Symposiums, Bonn, 25. Bis 29. September 2005. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-05470-6.
  3. Greenbaum, Dorian Gieseler (2015-11-13). The Daimon in Hellenistic Astrology: Origins and Influence. BRILL. p. 99. ISBN 978-90-04-30621-9.
  4. FUSL - Autre Bruffaerts, Jean-Michel (2014). Compte-rendu de : Morris L. Bierbrier, Who Was Who in Egyptology. 4th revised edition. Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten. OCLC 1104527745.


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