Annemarie von Gabain (7 April 1901—15 January 1993) was a German scholar who dealt with Turkic studies, both as a linguist and as an art historian.

Early life and education

Gabain was born in

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on 7 April 1901. Her father, Arthur von Gabain, was a general and from Protestant family, Hugenotte. However, her mother raised her as a Catholic. Gabain received primary and secondary education in

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and

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. She went to

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for university education. She took courses on mathematics, sciences,

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and

Turcology Turkology (or Turcology or Turkic studies) is a complex of humanities sciences studying languages, history, literature, folklore, culture, and ethnology of people speaking Turkic languages and Turkic peoples in chronological and comparative conte ...

. She completed a dissertation in Sinology. Von Gabain then studied Turcology with

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who was the founder of the Berlin school of Turkic studies. Later, she began to work on the Old Turkic materials kept at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin.

Works

Gabain published many books on Turcology and Central Asia. * (1973). ''Das Leben im uigurischen Konigreich von Qoco: (850-1250)'' (Veroffentlichungen der Societas. Uralo-Altaica), Harrassowitz, . * (1979). ''Einfuhrung in die Zentralasienkunde. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft''. . * (1987). ''Die Formensprache der uigurischen Malerei'' (Veroffentlichungen der Societas Uralo-Altaica)..

Death

Gabain died on 15 January 1993 in Berlin.

References

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