Luise Hercus

Luise Hercus
Born
Luise Anna Schwarzschild

(1926-01-16)16 January 1926
Munich, Germany
Died15 April 2018(2018-04-15) (aged 92)
EducationSt Anne's College, Oxford
Occupations
  • Linguist
  • professor

Luise Anna Hercus AM FAHA, née Schwarzschild, (16 January 1926 – 15 April 2018)[1][2][3] was a German-born linguist who lived in Australia from 1954. After significant early work on Middle Indo-Aryan dialects (Prakrits) she had specialised in Australian Aboriginal languages since 1963, when she took it up as a hobby. Works authored or co-authored by her are influential, and often among the primary resource materials on many languages of Australia.[4]

  1. ^ "Luise Hercus Obituary". The Canberra Times. 21 April 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. ^ Kauffman, Paul (26 April 2018). "Obituary: Dr Luise Anna Hercus". The Australian. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Vale Dr Luise Hercus". AIATSIS. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  4. ^ White 1990, p. i.