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Wolfardine von Minutoli

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Wolfardine von Minutoli
Born
Wolfardine August Luise von der Schuldenburg

(1794-02-01)1 February 1794
Dessau, Germany
Died22 November 1867(1867-11-22) (aged 73)
Berlin, Germany
Known forProducing a travelogue of her Egyptian tour

Baroness Wolfardine Auguste Luise von Minutoli (1 February 1794 – 22 November 1864) was a German writer and Egyptologist.[1]

Early life

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Countess Wolfardine August Luise von der Schulenburg was born in Dessau, as the youngest child and only daughter Count Adolph Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg (1759–1825) and his wife, Wolfardine von Kampen (1773–1794).[2]

Biography

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In September 1820 Wolfardine arrived, along with her husband Heinrich Menu von Minutoli, member of the Minutoli family, and other scholars, in Alexandria as part of a research expedition to Egypt.[3] Wolfardine published an account of her travels, first in French in 1826 as Mes souvenirs d’Egypte and subsequently in English (1827) and German (1829).[3]This is one of very few travel accounts written by German women at this time. In it she demonstrates her classical education by quoting Strabo, Pliny the Elder, and Pausanias throughout it.[3]

Wolfardine and Heinrich had three sons, Julius, Adolph and Alexander.

Select publications

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References

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  1. ^ Dorothea Minkels; Joachim Karig (2019). "2.1 Wolfardine von der Schuldenburg". Heinrich Menu von Minutoli und seine herausragende Familie (in German). pp. 103–138.
  2. ^ "Wolfradine-Auguste-Luise von Minutoli". British Travel Writing. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  3. ^ a b c Stamm, Ulrike (2017). "A German Expedition to Egypt in 1821: Between Scientific Endeavor and Literary Vivification". European Romantic Review. 28: 65–80. doi:10.1080/10509585.2016.1272848. S2CID 152059507.