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


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About Grete Mostny

  • 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.

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