Margarethe Selenka

Margarethe Selenka
A white woman wearing a large dark brimmed hat and a heavily beaded/embroidered dress
Margarethe Selenka, from a 1917 publication
Born
Margarethe Lenore Heinemann

7 October 1860
Hamburg
Died16 December 1922
Munich
Other namesMargarethe Zelenka
Occupation(s)Anthropologist, zoologist, feminist, pacifist
SpouseEmil Selenka

Margarethe Lenore Selenka (née Heinemann; 7 October 1860, Hamburg – 16 December 1922, Munich), also known as Margarethe Zelenka,[1] was a German zoologist, anthropologist, feminist and pacifist.[2] She researched apes and led scientific expeditions to the Dutch East Indies.

  1. ^ "Science Can End War, She Thinks". The Des Moines Register. 1917-01-15. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-04-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Margarethe Lenore Selenka". TrowelBlazers. Retrieved 21 April 2018.