Frieda Gallati
Born(1876-09-12)12 September 1876
Died30 December 1955(1955-12-30) (aged 79)
NationalitySwiss
OccupationHistorian
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Zurich

Frieda Gallati (September 12, 1876, Glarus, Switzerland — December 30, 1955, Glarus, Switzerland) was a Swiss historian.[1]

Biography

Frieda Gallati was born into a family of a lawyer Rudolf Gallati. Graduated from secondary school in Zurich. From 1896 she studied at the University of Zurich, where she received her doctorate in history in 1902 - the second Swiss woman to do so. In 1907 she married professor Wilhelm Melchior, from whom she divorced again in 1915.[2][3]

Gallati was a specialist in the field of Swiss foreign policy during the Thirty Years' War and she is considered the most important connoisseur of Aegidius Tschudi.

References

  1. Denzler, Alice (1955). Frieda Gallati: 1876-1955 (in German).
  2. guidle. "Frieda Gallati – beispielhafte Glarner Pionierin". www.guidle.com (in German). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  3. "Gallati, Frieda". hls-dhs-dss.ch (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
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