Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcellos

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Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcelos, born Karoline Michaelis (March 15, 1851 - November 18, 1925) was a German-Portuguese romanist.

She was born in Berlin as the last of five children of Gustav Michaelis, a mathematics teacher. In 1876 she married Joaquim António da Fonseca Vasconcelos, founder of Portuguese art history writing.

In 1911, she becomes the first female professor in romanism and German studies, at the Faculdade de Letras at the university of Lisbon.

Michaëlis de Vasconcelos died in Porto. Several schools and streets have been named in her honor in both Portugal and Germany. Portugal also issued a stamp for her 150th birthday.

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Persondata
NAME	de Vasconcelos, Carolina Michaëlis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Karoline Michaelis
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH	March 15, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	November 18, 1925
PLACE OF DEATH	Porto