Marie Lang
Marie Lang was an Austrian salonnière, writer, women's rights activist, editor and social worker (1858–1934). She was born at Vienna and died at Altmünster.
Also recorded as Marie Köchert; Marie Katharina Auguste Friederike Wisgrill; Marie Wisgrill.
Marie Lang in brief
- Born
- 1858
- Died
- 1934
- Known for
- salonnière, writer, women's rights activist, editor and social worker
- Place of birth
- Vienna
Contents
Identity and origins
Marie Lang was recorded at birth as Marie Katharina Auguste Friederike Wisgrill. The authorities additionally record the headings Marie Köchert, Marie Katharina Auguste Friederike Wisgrill and Marie Wisgrill. Her recorded language was German.
She married Edmund Lang. 3 children are recorded: Heinz Lang, Erwin Lang and Lilith Lang. Other recorded relations include Heinz von Foerster and Ulrich Förster.
Catalogued works
11 works under this name are catalogued by The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1771 to 2006.
Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California, dated 1936, printed later, photogravure, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2008.421. Plantation Overseer and his Field Hands, Mississippi Delta, dated 1936, printed 1936-37, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2016.341. Black Maria, Oakland, from the series "Public Defender", dated 1957, printed 1965, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2013.1220. Die Suche nach den eigenen Wurzeln : die Bedeutung von Gnosis, Hermetik und Alchemie für C.G. Jung und Marie-Louise von Franz und deren Einfluss auf das moderne Verständnis dieser Disziplin / Alfred Ribi., dated 1999, held by Wellcome Collection. L'amyotrophie type Charcot-Marie / par Paul Sainton., dated 1899, held by Wellcome Collection. Contribution à l'étude des absences congénitales du Vagin / par Marie Dumitrescu., dated 1896, held by Wellcome Collection. L'Infarctus du myocarde et ses conséquences : ruptures, plaques fibreuses, anevrismes du coeur / par Rene Marie., dated 1897, held by Wellcome Collection. De artz der moeders; in aangenaame spectatoriaale vertoogen, op eene klaare en eenvoudige wyze leerende, wat men moet doen om het gestel van jonge kinderen voor te bereiden tot een gezond, lang, en gelukkig leeven / [Hugh Smith]., dated 1771, held by Wellcome Collection. Der Basler Arzt Theodor Zwinger III (1658-1724) und seine Arbeit über ein langes Leben / von Marie-Louise Portmann., dated 1985, held by Wellcome Collection. The Soviet pharmaceutical business during its first two decades (1917-1937) / Mary Schaeffer Conroy., dated [2006], held by Wellcome Collection. Kant's Latin writings : translations, commentaries, and notes / Lewis White Beck ; in collaboration with Mary J. Gregor [and others]., dated 1992, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 90 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
9 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Lang, Marie; geb. Wisgrill, verwitwete Köchert. The people behind the papers – Bénédicte Marie Lefèvre and Michael Lang, Development, 2025. Viktoria Von Hoffmann . Goûter le monde. Une histoire culturelle du goût à l’époque moderne .Bruxelles, Peter Lang, 2013, 300 p..par Marie-Luce Gélard Université Paris Descartes/ iuf marie-luce.gelard@parisdescartes.fr, Ethnologie française, 2016. An Analysis of the Nutritional and Health Values of <i>Caulerpa racemosa</i> (Forsskål) and <i>Ulva fasciata</i> (Delile)—Two Chlorophyta Collected from the Philippines, Molecules, 2020. Expanding Transnational Networks: The Impact of Internal Conflict on the Feminist Press in Dokumente der Frauen (1899–1902) and Neues Frauenleben (1902–17), Journal of European Periodical Studies, 2019. Immunomonitoring of Stage IV Relapsed Neuroblastoma Patients Undergoing Haploidentical Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Subsequent GD2 (ch14.18/CHO) Antibody Treatment, Frontiers in Immunology, 2021. <i>Cinnamomum cassia</i> and <i>Syzygium aromaticum</i> Essential Oils Reduce the Colonization of <i>Salmonella</i> Typhimurium in an In Vivo Infection Model Using <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>, Molecules, 2021. Estimation of Rangeland Production in the Arid Oriental Region (Morocco) Combining Remote Sensing Vegetation and Rainfall Indices: Challenges and Lessons Learned, Remote Sensing, 2021. Production of Active Poly- and Oligosaccharidic Fractions from <i>Ulva</i> sp. by Combining Enzyme-Assisted Extraction (EAE) and Depolymerization, Metabolites, 2019.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 18 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1858Marie Lang born at Vienna.
- 1896Contribution à l'étude des absences congénitales du Vagin / par Marie Dumitrescu. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1899L'amyotrophie type Charcot-Marie / par Paul Sainton. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1934Marie Lang died at Altmünster.
- 1936Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California (The Art Institute of Chicago).
- 1936Plantation Overseer and his Field Hands, Mississippi Delta (The Art Institute of Chicago).
- 1957Black Maria, Oakland, from the series "Public Defender" (The Art Institute of Chicago).
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
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The people behind the papers – Bénédicte Marie Lefèvre and Michael Lang, Development, 2025
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Viktoria Von Hoffmann . Goûter le monde. Une histoire culturelle du goût à l’époque moderne .Bruxelles, Peter Lang, 2013, 300 p..par Marie-Luce Gélard Université Paris Descartes/ iuf marie-luce.gelard@parisdescartes.fr, Ethnologie française, 2016
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Directory of Open Access Journals lists 6 articles naming Marie Lang.
open access index · Unverified
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The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Marie Lang.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 90 works naming Marie Lang.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1897401: Marie Lang
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
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“Marie Lang”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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