Ada Adler
Encyclopedia
Ada
Sara Adler (1878–1946) was a Danish
classical scholar and librarian
.
She is best known for her critical, standard edition of the Suda
, which she published in 5 volumes (Leipzig, 1928–1938). She also contributed several articles to Pauly-Wissowa
's Realencyclopädie.
Her father's sister, Ellen Adler Bohr, was the mother of Niels Bohr
and Harald Bohr
.
During World War II, she was evacuated to Sweden with other Danish Jews. She taught Greek in the Danish school in Lund.
In 1916, she published a catalog of Greek
manuscripts in the Royal Library
, Copenhagen
. In 1931, she was awarded the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat
. At the time of her death she had made substantial progress towards a first edition of the Etymologicum Genuinum
, a project continued under the direction of Klaus Alpers.
Ada (name)
Ada is a feminine given name. One source indicates it originates from a Germanic word meaning "nobility". It can also be a short form of names such as Adelaide and Adeline...
Sara Adler (1878–1946) was a Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
classical scholar and librarian
Librarian
A librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...
.
She is best known for her critical, standard edition of the Suda
Suda
The Suda or Souda is a massive 10th century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Suidas. It is an encyclopedic lexicon, written in Greek, with 30,000 entries, many drawing from ancient sources that have since been lost, and often...
, which she published in 5 volumes (Leipzig, 1928–1938). She also contributed several articles to Pauly-Wissowa
Pauly-Wissowa
The Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, commonly called the Pauly–Wissowa or simply RE, is a German encyclopedia of classical scholarship. With its supplements it comprises over eighty volumes....
's Realencyclopädie.
Her father's sister, Ellen Adler Bohr, was the mother of Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr
Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr mentored and collaborated with many of the top physicists of the century at his institute in...
and Harald Bohr
Harald Bohr
Harald August Bohr was a Danish mathematician and football player. After receiving his doctorate in 1910, Bohr became an eminent mathematician, founding the field of almost periodic functions. His brother was the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr...
.
During World War II, she was evacuated to Sweden with other Danish Jews. She taught Greek in the Danish school in Lund.
In 1916, she published a catalog of Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
manuscripts in the Royal Library
Danish Royal Library
The Royal Library in Copenhagen is the national library of Denmark and university library of University of Copenhagen. It is the largest library in the Nordic countries....
, Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. In 1931, she was awarded the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat
Tagea Brandt Rejselegat
The Tagea Brandt Rejselegat is awarded annually, on the 17 March.The scholarship was created and endowed by Danish industrialist Vilhelm Brandt in honor of his wife, Tagea...
. At the time of her death she had made substantial progress towards a first edition of the Etymologicum Genuinum
Etymologicum Genuinum
The Etymologicum Genuinum is the conventional modern title given to a lexical encyclopedia compiled at Constantinople in the mid ninth century. The anonymous compilator drew on the works of numerous earlier lexicographers and scholiasts, both ancient and recent, including Herodian, George...
, a project continued under the direction of Klaus Alpers.
Works
- 1916: Catalogue supplémentaire des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Royale de Copenhague.
- 1917: D. G. MoldenhawerDaniel Gotthilf MoldenhawerDaniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer , was a German-Danish philologist, theologian, librarian, bibliophile, palaeographer, diplomat, and Bible translator.- Early life and education:...
og hans haandskriftsamling, Copenhagen