Agathe Lasch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German university teacher (1879-1942)
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Place of Birth: Berlin
About Agathe Lasch
- Agathe Lasch (born 4 July 1879, in Berlin; died 18 August 1942, in Riga) was a German philologist.
- She was the first female professor of German studies in Germany, and the first female professor at the University of Hamburg.
- She founded the historical study of the Middle Low German language.
- As a Jew, Lasch was murdered during World War II.
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