Albertine Gaur (1930–2006)

Author of A History of Writing

About the Author

Dr. Albertine Gaur was Deputy Director and Head of Oriental Collections at the British Library, where she has previously been the Head of the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books. She specialised in Ethnology and Philosophy at the University of Vienna for her doctorate, and studied show more Tamil and Hindi at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. show less

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Works by Albertine Gaur

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A History of Writing (1984) — Author — 160 copies, 1 review

A History of Calligraphy (1994) 39 copies

Writing Materials of the East (British Library booklets) (1979) 16 copies

Signs, Symbols, and Icons: Pre-history to the Computer Age (1995) 13 copies

Literacy and the politics of writing (2000) 10 copies

Women in India (British Library booklets) (1980) 8 copies, 1 review

Spring And No Flowers: Memories of an Austrian Childhood (2013) 3 copies

The story of writing 1 copy

South Asian studies : papers presented at a colloquium 24-26 April 1985 (1986) 1 copy

Women's Studies (British Library occasional papers) (1990) 1 copy

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Wiener völkerkundliche Mitteilungen. XII. Jahrgang, Neue Folge Band VII — Contributor — 1 copy

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Canonical name: Gaur, Albertine
Birthdate: 1930-04-09
Date of death: 2006-03-04
Gender: female
Nationality: Austria
Places of residence: Austria (birthplace)
India
London, England, UK
Associated Place (for map): London, England, UK

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Women in India (British Library Exhibition) by Albertine Gaur

Albertine Gaur has selected from the rich resources of the British Museum's Oriental Antiquities and Manuscripts Departments those manuscripts and paintings which capture visually some of the 'basic concepts of femaleness which colour the attitude of society and the expectations of the woman herself'.

Sep 30, 2021

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Historia de la escritura by Albertine Gaur