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Auguste von Littrow

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Auguste von Littrow with her husband Karl Ludwig; painting by Josef Danhauser

Auguste von Littrow, née von Bischoff-Altenstein (13 February 1819 in Prague – 23 March 1890 in Vienna) was a German-Austrian author and women's movement leader.

She was the daughter of the physician Professor Ignaz von Bischoff-Altenstein. Shortly after her 20th birthday, in 1839, she married astronomer Karl Ludwig von Littrow and settled in Vienna. Rapidly the Littrow household developed into a meeting place of Viennese society. There Hermann Bonitz, Josef Danhauser, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, August Eisenmenger, Ernst von Feuchtersleben, Ottilie von Goethe, Franz Grillparzer, Friedrich Hebbel, Rudolf von Jhering, Joseph Lewinsky, Franz Miklosich all met.

Asteroid 254 Augusta is named in her honour.[1]

She is the great-great grandmother of Roman Catholic Cardinal Christoph_Schönborn.

Bibliography

  • Aus dem persönlichen Verkehren mit Franz Grillparzer. Rosner Verlag, Wien, 1873.
  • Die Krankenpflege durch Frauen mit Rücksicht auf die gegenwärtigen Verhältnisse. Verlag Czermak, Wien, 1872.
  • Die sociale Bewegung auf dem Gebiete der Frauen. Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg, 1868.

References

  1. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (254) Augusta. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 37. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  • Angela Scheider: Auguste und Carl von Littrow. Detailstudie einer bürgerlichen Familie des 19. Jahrhunderts. Dissertation, Universität Wien 1999.