Hofmann, Elise (1889–1955)
Hofmann, Elise (1889–1955)
Austrian geologist and paleobotanist. Born Feb 5, 1889, in Vienna, Austria; graduate of University of Vienna, 1920; died Mar 14, 1955.
Studied fossils in Austrian lignite; at University of Vienna, served as a professor and lecturer, then became professor emeritus (1950); selected to be correspondent for the Austrian State Geological Institution (1931); appointed a Niederoestreichischen Landesmuseum correspondent (1933); wrote Palaeohistologie der Pflanze (Paleohistology of the Plant, 1934).
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