About Magdalene Schoch
Lived 1897 – 1987 (aged 90). Magdalene Schoch was a German jurist, writer and lawyer.
Maria Magdalene Schoch (February 15, 1897, Würzburg - November 6, 1987, Falls Church, Fairfax, Virginia) was a German lawyer and in 1932 the first woman in Germany to habilitate in the law. In 1937, she emigrated to the United States for political reasons, where she continued her work. She earned her doctor of laws in 1920 from the University of Würzburg, her thesis being "English War Legislation Against Enemy Corporations" and thereafter became a research assistant to Albert Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.
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Who was Magdalene Schoch?
German jurist
When was Magdalene Schoch born?
Magdalene Schoch was born on 15 February 1897 in Würzburg.
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Magdalene Schoch died on 6 November 1987 in Falls Church.
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Magdalene Schoch was a jurist, writer and lawyer.
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Magdalene Schoch was German.
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