Gertrude Blom, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gertrude Blom

Swiss Mesoamericanists

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1901

Place of Birth: Wimmis, canton of Bern, Switzerland

Date of Death: 23-Dec-1993

Profession: photographer, anthropologist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Gertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom (born Gertrude Elisabeth Lörtscher; July 7, 1901 – December 23, 1993) was a Swiss journalist, social anthropologist, and documentary photographer who spent five decades chronicling the Mayan cultures of Chiapas, Mexico, particularly the culture of the Lacandon Maya.
In later life, she also became an environmental activist.
Blom's former home Casa Na Bolom is a research and cultural center devoted to the protection and preservation of the Lacandon Maya and La Selva Lacandona rain forest.