Grete Mostny, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Grete Mostny

Austrian anthropologist and archaeologist (1914-1991)

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1914

Place of Birth: Linz, Upper Austria, Austria

Date of Death: 15-Dec-1991

Profession: ethnologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, museologist, prehistorian

Nationality: Austria, Chile

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Grete Mostny (17 September 1914 – 15 December 1991) was a Jewish Austrian who became a leading Chilean anthropologist.
She was born in Austria but had to leave because of the rise of the Nazis.
She went to Belgium to complete her studies before leaving for Chile.
At the end of the war she was invited back to Austria but she preferred to become a naturalised Chilean.
She led a number of archaeological investigations and the Chilean National Museum of Natural History.