Wolfardine von Minutoli
Baroness Wolfardine Auguste Luise von Minutoli (1 February 1794 – 22 November 1864) was a German writer and Egyptologist.[1]
Wolfardine von Minutoli | |
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| Born | Wolfardine August Luise von der Schuldenburg 1 February 1794 Dessau, Germany |
| Died | 22 November 1867 (aged 73) Berlin, Germany |
| Known for | Producing a travelogue of her Egyptian tour |
Early life
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) und his wife, Wolfardine von Kampen (1773–1794).
Biography
In September 1820 Wolfardine arrived, along with her husband Heinrich Menu von Minutoli and other scholars, in Alexandria as part of a research expedition to Egypt.[2] 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).[2]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.[2]
Wolfardine and Heinrich had three sons, Julius, Adolph and Alexander.
Select publications
- von Minutoli, W. 1827. Recollections of Egypt . Philadelphia.
References
- Dorothea Minkels; Joachim Karig (2019). "2.1 Wolfardine von der Schuldenburg". Heinrich Menu von Minutoli und seine herausragende Familie (in German). pp. 103–138.
- 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.