Elisabeth Ettlinger
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Elisabeth Ettlinger | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 July 1915 |
| Died | 21 March 2012 (aged 96) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Basel |
| Thesis | Die Keramik aus den Frauenthermen von Augst (1942) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Archaeology; Architecture |
| Institutions | University of Bern |
Elisabeth Ettlinger, FSA (née Lachmann; 14 July 1915 – 21 March 2012) was a German-born archaeologist and academic, who specialised in archaeology of the Roman provinces and Roman Switzerland.
Ettlinger completed her doctorate in 1942 at the University of Basel,[1] having immigrated to Switzerland in the 1930s to escape Nazi Germany:[2] her thesis was published in 1949 as Die Keramik der Augster Thermen (Insula XVII). Ausgrabung 1937-38.[3] From September 1963 to June 1964, she was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.[4] From 1964 to 1980, Ettlinger taught at the University of Bern.[2][5] Her research centred on Roman ceramics such as Terra Sigillata, and she co-founded Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores, a learned society dedicated to Roman pottery: she was its secretary, vice-president and then served as its president from 1971 to 1980.[6] In 1972 she published Die römischen Fibeln in der Schweiz, which "still acts as an essential reference book for the study of Roman brooches."[7] Ettlinger also worked prolifically on Vindonissa, the site of a Roman military camp, and served as president of the Gesellschaft Pro Vindonissa.[8][3] Her archives are held at the University of Basel.[9]
Honours
Ettlinger was elected to the German Archaeological Institute in 1968, and as a corresponding member of the Austrian Archaeological Institute in 1975.[4] On 27 November 1975, she was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).[10]
