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{{short description|British ethnologist}} | {{short description|British ethnologist}} | ||
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| name = Betty von Fürer-Haimendorf | | name = Betty von Fürer-Haimendorf | ||
| image = BettyBarnardo1936SOAS.jpg | | image = BettyBarnardo1936SOAS.jpg | ||
| caption = Betty von Fürer-Haimendorf, photographed in the 1930s. | | caption = Betty von Fürer-Haimendorf, photographed in the 1930s. | ||
| other_names = Elizabeth von Furer-Haimendorf, Betty von Fuehrer-Haimendorf, Betty Fürer-Haimendorf | | other_names = Elizabeth von Furer-Haimendorf, Betty von Fuehrer-Haimendorf, Betty Fürer-Haimendorf | ||
| birth_name = Elizabeth Barnardo | | birth_name = Elizabeth Barnardo | ||
| birth_date = 1911 | | birth_date = 1911 | ||
| birth_place = Darbhanga, [[British Raj|British India]] | | birth_place = [[Darbhanga]], [[British Raj|British India]] | ||
| death_date = 11 January 1987 | | death_date = 11 January 1987 | ||
| death_place = Hyderabad, [[ | | death_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[India]] | ||
| occupation = | | occupation = | ||
| years_active = | | years_active = | ||
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== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
Elizabeth Barnardo was born in [[Darbhanga]], [[British Raj|British India]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Barnardo|first=Frederick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IhD3ngEACAAJ&q=Elizabeth|title=An Active Life|date=1963|publisher=Bodley Head|pages=178|language=en}}</ref> one of the five children of Col. Frederick "Barnie" Barnardo and Violet Barnardo, of [[Bexhill-on-Sea|Bexhill]]. Her father, also born in [[British Raj|British India]], was a physician with the Indian Medical Service,<ref>[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N13635541 Frederick Adolphus Fleming Barnardo papers (1894-1962)], The National Archives.</ref> nephew of Irish philanthropist [[Thomas John Barnardo]], and dean of a medical school in Calcutta before 1921.<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 May 1962|title=Dr. Frederick Barnardo|page=19|work=The Times|url=https:// | Elizabeth Barnardo was born in [[Darbhanga]], [[British Raj|British India]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Barnardo|first=Frederick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IhD3ngEACAAJ&q=Elizabeth|title=An Active Life|date=1963|publisher=Bodley Head|pages=178|language=en}}</ref> one of the five children of Col. Frederick "Barnie" Barnardo and Violet Barnardo, of [[Bexhill-on-Sea|Bexhill]]. Her father, also born in [[British Raj|British India]], was a physician with the Indian Medical Service,<ref>[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N13635541 Frederick Adolphus Fleming Barnardo papers (1894-1962)], The National Archives.</ref> nephew of Irish philanthropist [[Thomas John Barnardo]], and dean of a medical school in Calcutta before 1921.<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 May 1962|title=Dr. Frederick Barnardo|page=19|work=[[The Times]]|url=https://login.thetimes.com/?gotoUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.com%2Ftto%2Farchive%2Fframe%2Fviewer%2F1962-05-11%2F19%2F2.html|access-date=24 October 2020}}</ref> Her mother died by suicide in 1942. In girlhood, Betty Barnardo was close to [[Patience Gray]], who became a noted food writer. The two young women traveled together in central Europe in 1937.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Federman|first=Adam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=70DiDgAAQBAJ&q=Betty+von+F%C3%BCrer&pg=PA10|title=Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray|date=2017|publisher=Chelsea Green Publishing|isbn=978-1-60358-752-5|pages=10–11|language=en}}</ref> | ||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
Barnardo, who had trained as a nurse,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Betty Haimendorf: Apa Tani Films|url=https://mandala.shanti.virginia.edu/|access-date=2020-10-24|website=Mandala Collections, University of Virginia|language=en}}</ref> worked closely with her husband on documenting the tribal cultures of northern India and Nepal.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Macfarlane|first=Alan|date=2010-10-14|title=Early Ethnographic Film in Britain: A Reflection on the Work of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/08949468.2010.508706|journal=Visual Anthropology|volume=23|issue=5|pages=375–397|doi=10.1080/08949468.2010.508706|s2cid=144069628|issn=0894-9468}}</ref> "No Himalayan pass was too high for her, no field site too remote," recalled a colleague in a 1987 obituary.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|date=1987|title=Obituary|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3033273|journal=Anthropology Today|volume=3|issue=1|pages=26|jstor=3033273|issn=0268-540X}}</ref> She compiled the three-volume ''An anthropological bibliography of South Asia'' (1958).<ref>{{Cite book|last=von Fürer-Haimendorf|first=Elizabeth|title=An anthropological bibliography of South Asia, together with a directory of recent anthropological field work. (Book, 1958) [WorldCat.org] | Barnardo, who had trained as a nurse,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Betty Haimendorf: Apa Tani Films|url=https://mandala.shanti.virginia.edu/|access-date=2020-10-24|website=Mandala Collections, University of Virginia|language=en}}</ref> worked closely with her husband on documenting the tribal cultures of northern India and Nepal.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Macfarlane|first=Alan|date=2010-10-14|title=Early Ethnographic Film in Britain: A Reflection on the Work of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/08949468.2010.508706|journal=Visual Anthropology|volume=23|issue=5|pages=375–397|doi=10.1080/08949468.2010.508706|s2cid=144069628|issn=0894-9468|url-access=subscription}}</ref> "No Himalayan pass was too high for her, no field site too remote," recalled a colleague in a 1987 obituary.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|date=1987|title=Obituary|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3033273|journal=Anthropology Today|volume=3|issue=1|pages=26|jstor=3033273|issn=0268-540X}}</ref> She compiled the three-volume ''An anthropological bibliography of South Asia'' (1958).<ref>{{Cite book|last=von Fürer-Haimendorf|first=Elizabeth|title=An anthropological bibliography of South Asia, together with a directory of recent anthropological field work. (Book, 1958) [WorldCat.org]|year=1958|oclc=412100|language=en}}</ref> With her husband, she co-wrote ''The Reddis of the Bison hills: A study in acculturation'' (1945),<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Fürer-Haimendorf|first1=Christoph von|title=The Reddis of the Bison hills: a study in acculturation|last2=Fürer-Haimendorf|first2=Elizabeth von|last3=Mills|first3=J. P|date=1945|publisher=MacMillan|location=London|language=en|oclc=17987535}}</ref> ''The Raj Gonds of Adilabad: A peasant culture of the Deccan'' (1948), and ''The Gonds of Andhra Pradesh: Tradition and change in an Indian tribe'' (1979),<ref>{{Cite book|last=Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995.|title=The Gonds of Andhra Pradesh : tradition and change in an Indian tribe|date=1979|publisher=George Allen & Unwin|others=Fürer-Haimendorf, Elizabeth von|isbn=0-04-301090-3|location=London|oclc=5842687}}</ref> Her diaries became an important source of her husband's 1990 memoir, ''Life Among Indian Tribes: the Autobiography of an Anthropologist''.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=MacFarlane|first1=Alan|last2=Turin|first2=Mark|date=1996|title=Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf|url=https://www.therai.org.uk/archives-and-manuscripts/obituaries/christoph-von-fuerer-haimendorf|access-date=2020-10-24|website=Royal Anthropological Institute|language=en-gb}}</ref> | ||
== Personal life == | == Personal life == | ||
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* [https://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOADI11940/00001/citation "Betty von Furer-Haimendorf and Apatanis"] (1944), a photograph of von Fürer-Haimendorf by her husband, one of several photos of her, taken 1939 to 1974, in the collection of [[SOAS University of London]]. | * [https://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOADI11940/00001/citation "Betty von Furer-Haimendorf and Apatanis"] (1944), a photograph of von Fürer-Haimendorf by her husband, one of several photos of her, taken 1939 to 1974, in the collection of [[SOAS University of London]]. | ||
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Betty von Fürer-Haimendorf | |
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 Betty von Fürer-Haimendorf, photographed in the 1930s. | |
| Born | Elizabeth Barnardo 1911 |
| Died | 11 January 1987 |
| Other names | Elizabeth von Furer-Haimendorf, Betty von Fuehrer-Haimendorf, Betty Fürer-Haimendorf |
Betty von Fürer-Haimendorf (1911 – 11 January 1987), born Elizabeth Barnardo, was a British ethnologist in India and Nepal. She was married to Austrian ethnologist Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf.
Early life[edit | edit source]
Elizabeth Barnardo was born in Darbhanga, British India,[1] one of the five children of Col. Frederick "Barnie" Barnardo and Violet Barnardo, of Bexhill. Her father, also born in British India, was a physician with the Indian Medical Service,[2] nephew of Irish philanthropist Thomas John Barnardo, and dean of a medical school in Calcutta before 1921.[3] Her mother died by suicide in 1942. In girlhood, Betty Barnardo was close to Patience Gray, who became a noted food writer. The two young women traveled together in central Europe in 1937.[4]
Career[edit | edit source]
Barnardo, who had trained as a nurse,[5] worked closely with her husband on documenting the tribal cultures of northern India and Nepal.[6] "No Himalayan pass was too high for her, no field site too remote," recalled a colleague in a 1987 obituary.[7] She compiled the three-volume An anthropological bibliography of South Asia (1958).[8] With her husband, she co-wrote The Reddis of the Bison hills: A study in acculturation (1945),[9] The Raj Gonds of Adilabad: A peasant culture of the Deccan (1948), and The Gonds of Andhra Pradesh: Tradition and change in an Indian tribe (1979),[10] Her diaries became an important source of her husband's 1990 memoir, Life Among Indian Tribes: the Autobiography of an Anthropologist.[11]
Personal life[edit | edit source]
In 1938, Elizabeth Barnardo married Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. They had a son, Nicholas, born in 1946. She died in 1987, in Hyderabad.[7] The couple's papers are archived at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London.[12]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Barnardo, Frederick (1963). An Active Life. Bodley Head. p. 178.
- ↑ Frederick Adolphus Fleming Barnardo papers (1894-1962), The National Archives.
- ↑ "Dr. Frederick Barnardo". The Times. 11 May 1962. p. 19. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ↑ Federman, Adam (2017). Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray. Chelsea Green Publishing. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-1-60358-752-5.
- ↑ "Betty Haimendorf: Apa Tani Films". Mandala Collections, University of Virginia. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ↑ Macfarlane, Alan (14 October 2010). "Early Ethnographic Film in Britain: A Reflection on the Work of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf". Visual Anthropology. 23 (5): 375–397. doi:10.1080/08949468.2010.508706. ISSN 0894-9468. S2CID 144069628.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Obituary". Anthropology Today. 3 (1): 26. 1987. ISSN 0268-540X. JSTOR 3033273.
- ↑ von Fürer-Haimendorf, Elizabeth (1958). An anthropological bibliography of South Asia, together with a directory of recent anthropological field work. (Book, 1958) [WorldCat.org]. OCLC 412100.
- ↑ Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von; Fürer-Haimendorf, Elizabeth von; Mills, J. P (1945). The Reddis of the Bison hills: a study in acculturation. London: MacMillan. OCLC 17987535.
- ↑ Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995. (1979). The Gonds of Andhra Pradesh : tradition and change in an Indian tribe. Fürer-Haimendorf, Elizabeth von. London: George Allen & Unwin. ISBN 0-04-301090-3. OCLC 5842687.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ MacFarlane, Alan; Turin, Mark (1996). "Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf". Royal Anthropological Institute. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ↑ "Papers of Professor Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf". School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Archives, University of London; via Archives Hub. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
External links[edit | edit source]
- "A Tribute to Christoph and Betty von Fürer-Haimendorf" (1996), a film by British anthropologist Mark Turin.
- "Betty von Furer-Haimendorf and Apatanis" (1944), a photograph of von Fürer-Haimendorf by her husband, one of several photos of her, taken 1939 to 1974, in the collection of SOAS University of London.
