Uta Lindgren (1941–2017) was a German historian of science and historian of technology, an expert on the medieval quadrivium and geodesy, and a pioneer of the history of cartography.[1]

Life and work

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Lindgren is originally from Chemnitz, where she was born on 2 March 1941. Chemnitz is in East Germany, and Lindgren became a student at the University of Freiburg, also in East Germany. She completed a doctorate there in 1969, on topics including the quadrivium and the early life of Pope Sylvester II. At some point after this, she emigrated to West Germany, and completed a habilitation in 1978 at the University of Cologne, on the medieval history of Barcelona. She then became a researcher at the University of Munich.[1][2]

Her work on the history of cartography began in the early 1980s. She had her first publication on this topic in 1985, on the geography of Ptolemy, and a year later organized a conference on historic maps of the Alps.[1] She took up a professorial chair at the University of Bayreuth in 1987, and returned in 2006.[1][2] Her publications from this period include works on medieval knowledge of the figure of the Earth, on the biographies and discoveries of medieval and Renaissance cartographers, and a translation of a Spanish-language travelogue of central Asia.[1]

She died on 16 June 2017.[1][2]

Recognition

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Lindgren was elected to the International Academy of the History of Science, first as a corresponding member in 1993, and as a full member in 2005.[3]

Books

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Lindgren's books included:

  • Gerbert von Aurillac und das Quadrivium, Untersuchungen zur Bildung im Zeitalter der Ottonen (Franz Steiner Verlag, 1976)[4]
  • Bedürftigkeit — Armut — Not, Studien zur spätmittelalterlichen Sozialgeschichte Barcelonas (Spanische Forschungen der Görresgesellschaft, Aschendorff, 1980)[5]
  • Mathemata: Festschrift fur Helmuth Gericke (edited with Menso Folkerts, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1985)[6]
  • Alpenübergänge vor 1850, Landkarten — Straßen — Verkehr (edited, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1987)[7]
  • Alexander von Humboldt, Weltbild und Wirkung auf die Wissenschaften (edited, Böhlau, 1990)[8]
  • Europäische Technik im Mittelalter, 800 bis 1400, Tradition und Innovation, ein Handbuch (edited, Gebr. Mann, 1996)[9]
  • Naturwissenschaft und Technik im Barock. Innovation, Repräsentation, Diffusion (edited, Böhlau, 1997)[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Horst, Thomas (2018), "Uta Lindgren (2 March 1941–16 June 2017)", Imago Mundi, 70 (1): 124–126, doi:10.1080/03085694.2018.1382126, JSTOR 48547900
  2. ^ a b c Neumann, Joachim (September 2017), "Persönliches: Uta Lindgren 1941–2017", KN - Journal of Cartography and Geographic Information, 67 (5), Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 279–280, doi:10.1007/bf03545327
  3. ^ Membres décédés, International Academy of the History of Science, retrieved 2024-03-13
  4. ^ Review of Gerbert von Aurillac und das Quadrivium: Pierre Riché, Francia, doi:10.11588/fr.1978.0.49163
  5. ^ Reviews of Bedürftigkeit — Armut — Not:
  6. ^ Reviews of Festschrift fur Helmuth Gericke:
  7. ^ Reviews of Alpenübergänge vor 1850:
    • Max Kratochwill, Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung, Mitteilungen, ProQuest 1301165993
    • Gerhard H. Müller, Sudhoffs Archiv, JSTOR 20777222
    • Hugo Weczerka, VSWG: Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, JSTOR 20735447
  8. ^ Reviews of Alexander von Humboldt:
  9. ^ Reviews of Europäische Technik im Mittelalter:
    • Étienne Champion, Revue de l'Institut français d'histoire en Allemagne, doi:10.4000/ifha.1455
    • Matthias Knaut, Archäologie in Deutschland, JSTOR 26311721
    • Andreas Kühne and Celia v. Lindern, Sudhoffs Archiv, JSTOR 20777685
    • Karl-Heinz Ludwig, VSWG: Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, JSTOR 20739682
    • Emmanuel Poulle, Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes, JSTOR 43015134
  10. ^ Review of Naturwissenschaft und Technik im Barock: Karl-Heinz Ludwig, VSWG: Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, JSTOR 20739941

Further reading

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  • Folkerts, Menso (July 2017), "In memoriam: Heribert M. Nobis (1924-2017); Uta Lindgren (1941-2017)", Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences, 67 (179): 387–425, doi:10.1484/j.arihs.5.117541