Margarethe Selenka

Margarethe Selenka
Margarethe Selenka, from a 1917 publication
Born
Margarethe Lenore Heinemann

(1860-10-07)7 October 1860
Hamburg
Died16 December 1922(1922-12-16) (aged 62)
Munich
Other namesMargarethe Zelenka
OccupationsAnthropologist, zoologist, feminist, pacifist
SpouseEmil Selenka

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

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