Elise Richter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elise Richter

Austrian romanist

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1865

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 21-Jun-1943

Profession: professor, romanist, literary critic

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Elise Richter (March 2, 1865 – June 23, 1943) was a Viennese philologist and the only woman at any Austrian university, pre-World War I, to hold an academic appointment.
Persecuted by Nazi officials during World War II, she was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia in October 1942, and died there in June 1943.