Elisabeth Gottschalk

Elisabeth Gottschalk
Elisabeth Gottschalk (1964)
Born
Maria Karoline Elisabeth Gottschalk

(1912-10-28)28 October 1912
Mönchengladbach, Kingdom of Prussia, Germany
Died14 September 1989(1989-09-14) (aged 76)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alma materUniversity of Utrecht
Notable workStormvloeden en rivieroverstromingen in Nederland (1971–1977)

Maria Karoline Elisabeth Gottschalk[a] (28 October 1912 – 14 September 1989) was a German-born Dutch historical geographer and professor. She was noted for Stormvloeden en rivieroverstromingen in Nederland (Storm surges and river floods in the Netherlands), a three volume study into the historical storm surges and river floods, which is considered a standard work which corrected the existing theories behind storm surges.

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