Auguste von Littrow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Auguste von Littrow

German-Austrian author and women's movement leader

Date of Birth: 13-Feb-1819

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 23-Mar-1890

Profession: writer, politician

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Auguste von Littrow, née Bischoff von Altenstern (13 February 1819 in Prague – 23 March 1890 in Vienna) was a German-Austrian author and women's movement leader. She was the daughter of the physician Professor Ignaz von Bischoff-Altenstern.
Shortly after her 20th birthday, in 1839, she married astronomer Karl Ludwig von Littrow and settled in Vienna.
Rapidly the Littrow household developed into a meeting place of Viennese society.
There Hermann Bonitz, Josef Danhauser, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, August Eisenmenger, Ernst von Feuchtersleben, Ottilie von Goethe, Franz Grillparzer, Friedrich Hebbel, Rudolf von Jhering, Joseph Lewinsky, Franz Miklosich all met. Asteroid 254 Augusta is named in her honour.She is the great-great grandmother of Roman Catholic Cardinal Christoph Schönborn.



Description	Austrian artist and painter
Date of birth/death	18 August 1805	4 May 1845 / 1845
Location of birth/death	Vienna	Vienna
Authority control	: Q776508 VIAF: 15563616 ISNI: 0000 0000 6675 2919 ULAN: 500005957 LCCN: n83318489 WGA: DANHAUSER, Josef Franz WorldCat