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Life Summary

Name	Luise Anna Hercus
Alternative Names	Luise Anna Schwarzschild
Born	16 January, 1926 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Died	15 April, 2018 (aged 92) Bruce, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English German Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Jewish Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Mayrhofer, Colin (colleague) Jones, Elsie Rose (collaborator)
Occupation *	Indigenous culture recorder (1962-1965) Victoria, Australia linguist (1962-1965) Victoria, Australia Indigenous culture recorder (1965-1969) South Australia, Australia linguist (1965-1969) South Australia, Australia university employee (1965-1969) South Australia, Australia academic (1969-2018) Australian Capital Territory, Australia Indigenous culture recorder (1969-2018) Australian Capital Territory, Australia linguist (1969-2018) Australian Capital Territory, Australia Orientalist (1969-1991) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1995) Centenary Medal (recipient, 2001)
Key Organisations *	Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (member, 1962-2018) Australian Academy of the Humanities (member, 1978)
Key Places *	Burton Hall (ANU) (deputy warden, 1969-1974)
Workplaces *	University of Adelaide (anthropology) (research fellow, 1965-1969) Australian National University (South and West Asia Centre) (academic, 1969-1991) Australian National University (linguistics) (visiting fellow, 1992-2018)

* Dates are approximate