Elisabeth Ettlinger, ( Lachmann; 14 July 1915 – 21 March 2012) was a German-born archaeologist and academic, who specialised in archaeology of the

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and

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. From 1964 to 1980, she taught at the

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, having emigrated to Switzerland in the 1930s to escape

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. Her research centred on Roman ceramics such as

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, and she co-founded ''Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores'', a

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dedicated to Roman pottery: she was its secretary, vice-president and then served as its president from 1971 to 1980. From September 1963 to June 1964, she was a member of the

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in Princeton, New Jersey.

Honours

Ettlinger was elected to the

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in 1968, and as a corresponding member of the

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in 1975. On 27 November 1975, she was elected a

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(FSA).

Selected works

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ettlinger, Elisabeth 1915 births 2012 deaths German archaeologists Swiss archaeologists German women archaeologists Swiss women archaeologists Academic staff of the University of Bern Emigrants from Nazi Germany to Switzerland Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London German Archaeological Institute 20th-century German women