Uta Lindgren
Uta Lindgren (1941–2017) was a German historian of science and historian of technology, an expert on the medieval quadrivium and geodesy, and a pioneer of the history of cartography.[1]
Life and work
[edit]Lindgren is originally from Chemnitz, where she was born on 2 March 1941. Chemnitz is in East Germany, and Lindgren became a student at the University of Freiburg, also in East Germany. She completed a doctorate there in 1969, on topics including the quadrivium and the early life of Pope Sylvester II. At some point after this, she emigrated to West Germany, and completed a habilitation in 1978 at the University of Cologne, on the medieval history of Barcelona. She then became a researcher at the University of Munich.[1][2]
Her work on the history of cartography began in the early 1980s. She had her first publication on this topic in 1985, on the geography of Ptolemy, and a year later organized a conference on historic maps of the Alps.[1] She took up a professorial chair at the University of Bayreuth in 1987, and returned in 2006.[1][2] Her publications from this period include works on medieval knowledge of the figure of the Earth, on the biographies and discoveries of medieval and Renaissance cartographers, and a translation of a Spanish-language travelogue of central Asia.[1]
She died on 16 June 2017.[1][2]
Recognition
[edit]Lindgren was elected to the International Academy of the History of Science, first as a corresponding member in 1993, and as a full member in 2005.[3]
Books
[edit]Lindgren's books included:
- Gerbert von Aurillac und das Quadrivium, Untersuchungen zur Bildung im Zeitalter der Ottonen (Franz Steiner Verlag, 1976)[4]
- Bedürftigkeit — Armut — Not, Studien zur spätmittelalterlichen Sozialgeschichte Barcelonas (Spanische Forschungen der Görresgesellschaft, Aschendorff, 1980)[5]
- Mathemata: Festschrift fur Helmuth Gericke (edited with Menso Folkerts, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1985)[6]
- Alpenübergänge vor 1850, Landkarten — Straßen — Verkehr (edited, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1987)[7]
- Alexander von Humboldt, Weltbild und Wirkung auf die Wissenschaften (edited, Böhlau, 1990)[8]
- Europäische Technik im Mittelalter, 800 bis 1400, Tradition und Innovation, ein Handbuch (edited, Gebr. Mann, 1996)[9]
- Naturwissenschaft und Technik im Barock. Innovation, Repräsentation, Diffusion (edited, Böhlau, 1997)[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Horst, Thomas (2018), "Uta Lindgren (2 March 1941–16 June 2017)", Imago Mundi, 70 (1): 124–126, doi:10.1080/03085694.2018.1382126, JSTOR 48547900
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Neumann, Joachim (September 2017), "Persönliches: Uta Lindgren 1941–2017", KN - Journal of Cartography and Geographic Information, 67 (5), Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 279–280, doi:10.1007/bf03545327
- ^ Membres décédés, International Academy of the History of Science, retrieved 2024-03-13
- ^ Review of Gerbert von Aurillac und das Quadrivium:Pierre Riché, Francia, doi:10.11588/fr.1978.0.49163
- ^ Reviews of Bedürftigkeit — Armut — Not:
- ^ Reviews of Festschrift fur Helmuth Gericke:
- Stefano Caroti, Nuncius, doi:10.1163/182539186X00232
- Erna Hilfstein, Isis, JSTOR 231549
- ^ Reviews of Alpenübergänge vor 1850:
- ^ Reviews of Alexander von Humboldt:
- Detlef Haberland, Sudhoffs Archiv, JSTOR 20777431
- René Pillorget, Francia, doi:10.11588/fr.1995.2.59461
- ^ Reviews of Europäische Technik im Mittelalter:
- Étienne Champion, Revue de l'Institut français d'histoire en Allemagne, doi:10.4000/ifha.1455
- Matthias Knaut, Archäologie in Deutschland, JSTOR 26311721
- Andreas Kühne and Celia v. Lindern, Sudhoffs Archiv, JSTOR 20777685
- Karl-Heinz Ludwig, VSWG: Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, JSTOR 20739682
- Emmanuel Poulle, Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes, JSTOR 43015134
- ^ Review of Naturwissenschaft und Technik im Barock:Karl-Heinz Ludwig, VSWG: Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, JSTOR 20739941
Further reading
[edit]- Folkerts, Menso (July 2017), "In memoriam: Heribert M. Nobis (1924-2017); Uta Lindgren (1941-2017)", Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences, 67 (179): 387–425, doi:10.1484/j.arihs.5.117541
