Culture · XX century · Tuzla
Hildegard Zaloscer
1903 — 1999 · lived 96 years
Art historian, Egyptologist, Coptologist, novelist and a prominent expert of Coptic history and art. Born in Tuzla, she completed most of her secondary education in Vienna and studied art history and prehistory at the Vienna University, completing her Ph.D. in 1926. From 1946 to 1968, she was a professor of art history at the University of Alexandria in Egypt.
She would be on the move between Egypt, Canada and Austria, holding professorial positions. For her life’s work she received numerous awards: Theodor-Körner Prize (Austria), Adolf-Schärf Prize, The Golden Honorary Doctorate of the Vienna University, Goldenes Verdienstkreuz des Landes Wien & Kulturmedaille der Stadt Linz.
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