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Dr. Olga Bottyán (1919–2008): biographical sketch and bibliography SZ. MAKRA & ZS. BERNERT Department of Anthropology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1083 Budapest, Ludovika tér 2–6, Hungary, E-mails:
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– Dr. OLGA BOTTYÁN (Mrs. GÁBOR LÁNG) was a Hungarian anthropologist of the 20th century. She worked at the Department of Anthropology, Hungarian Natural History Museum between 1965 and 1975. During that period, she released several publications on anthropological topics. With one figure. – Olga Bottyán, anthropology, biography, bibliography, Hungary.
Dr. OLGA BOTTYÁN (1919–2008) in 2006 (photo: TÍMEA HEIGL)
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BIOGRAPHY Date and place of birth: 18 May 1919, Kecskemét. She obtained her first diploma at the Angolkisasszonyok Intézete (Teachers’ College of the State School of Budapest), operated by Institutum Beatae Mariae Virginis. Meanwhile, she majored in Anthropology, Ethnography, History and Archaeology at the Pázmány Péter University of Budapest. September 1941 – 30 June 1953, she worked primary school teacher. In 1942, she graduated in the Pázmány Péter University of Budapest in majors of Anthropology, Ethnography, History and Archaeology. In 1942–43, she was a trainee at the University of Kolozsvár. In 1943, she defended her dissertation with the title ‘Anthropological Research of Cemeteries from the Scythian Period’, and got her doctors’ degree. In 1943–44, she won a scientific scholarship to study Székely (Sekler) people from an anthropological aspect. Unfortunately, her data remained in Kolozsvár. In 1944, she was commissioned to examine young soldiers in the medical-anthropological team of the Ministry of Defence in Budapest. After World War II, she had to live on by-jobs as a result of political persecutions of the Communist regime. Her first husband (TIBOR KOVÁTS1) was executed, therefore, she was also harassed. 4 August – 23 November 1953. Kindergarten teacher, Villanyszerelõ Vállalat (Electrician Company), Budapest, VII., Síp. u. 24 November – 7 December 1953. Governess paid by the hour, Fõvárosi Általános Fiúiskola (General Boys’ School of Budapest), Budapest, IX., Illatos út 2–4. 1
He was executed in 1954 and buried in Új köztemetõ (Rákoskeresztúri sírkert), 301-es parcella (New Public Cemetery, Rákoskeresztúr, Plot 301). During the exhumation works in 1989, he was identified by Drs ÉVA SUSA and KINGA ÉRY anthropologist experts of the Történelmi Igazságtételi Bizottság (Committee for Historical Justice).
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8 December 1953 – 1 September 1959. Governess paid by the hour, Fõvárosi Községi Általános Iskola (Community Primary School of Budapest), Budapest, X., Sibrik Miklós út 78. In the period of political détente after the Revolution in 1956, she was allowed to take full time jobs. She became a teacher in 1959. Her first anthropological works discussed the maturity process of children. 2 September 1959 – 31 October 1965. Teacher, Fõvárosi Községi Általános Iskola (Community Primary School of Budapest), Budapest, X., Sibrik Miklós út 78. Her next anthropological work was published twenty years after taking her doctors’ degree. 1 November 1965 – 15 February 1975. Museologist, Természettudományi Múzeum, Embertani Tár (Department of Anthropology, Hungarian Natural History Museum), Budapest, VI., Bajza u. 39. She asked for her retirement in 1975. She did not continue her anthropological activities after retiring, but she had been teaching for a long time (even until 1988). On 26 October 2006, the Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest) awarded her the so called Vasdiploma (Iron Certificate) as a recognition of her scientific work. 7 June – 12 July 1977. Technical employee, Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum (Hungarian National Museum), Budapest VIII., Múzeum krt. 14–16. 13 October – 30 November 1977. Contracted teacher, Általános Iskola (Primary School), Budapest, XI., Mérnök u. 39. 15 December 1977 – 31 May 1978. Packer, Fõvárosi Tanács Gyógyszertári Központja (Capital Pharmaceutical Center), Budapest, XIII., Huba u. 10. 18 September 1978 – 15 June 1980. Day-care teacher, Általános Iskola (Petõfi Sándor Primary School), Budapest, XI., Albertfalva u. 9–11. 15 October 1980 – 31 May 1981. Scientific administrator, Központi Statisztikai Hivatal, Népességtudományi Kutató Intézet (Population Research Institute of the Central Bureau of Statistics), Budapest, V., Veres Pálné u. 10.
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25 January 1982 – 30 June 1987. Day-care teacher, Általános Iskola (Primary School), Budapest, X., Sibrik Miklós út 66–68. 19 October – 6 November 1987. Retired visiting teacher, Budapesti Lakásépítõ Vállalat (Flat Constructing Company), Budapest, X., Pongrác út 18. 1 February – 30 April 1988. Day-care teacher, Általános Iskola (Primary School), Budapest, X., Sibrik Miklós út 66–68. Died on 28 April 2008, Budapest. BIBLIOGRAPHY BOTTYÁN, O. 1943: Szkítakori temetõk embertani vizsgálata. Doktori disszertáció. (Anthropologische Untersuchung der Gräberfelder vom Zeitalter der Scyther. Doctoral dissertation.) – Universitas Francisco-Josephina (Kolozsvár) Acta Seminarium Mathematicarum et Naturalium : 63 pp, 16 figures, 7 plates, 6 tables. BOTTYÁN, O. 1943: A tápiószelei szkítakori temetõ embertani vizsgálata. [Anthropological investigation of the Scythian Period cemetery of Tápiószele.] – Jászberényi Jászmúzeum Évkönyve (1938–1943) : 6–8. BOTTYÁN, O., DEZSÕ, GY., EIBEN, O., FARKAS, GY., RAJKAI, T., THOMA, A. & VÉLI, GY. 1963: Adatok a menarche idõpontjához Magyarországon (A menarche kora Magyarországon). (L’age de la menarche en Hongrie.) – Anthropologiai Közlemények (1–4): 25–39. BOTTYÁN, O., DEZSÕ, GY., EIBEN, O., FARKAS, GY., RAJKAI, T., THOMA, A. & VÉLI, GY. 1963: Age at menarche in Hungarian girls. – Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici : 561–572. BOTTYÁN, O., DEZSÕ, GY., EIBEN, O., FARKAS, GY., RAJKAI, T., THOMA, A. & VÉLI, GY. 1964: Magyarországi megfigyelések a havivérzés jelentkezésével kapcsolatban. [Monitoring related to menarche in Hungary.] – Élõvilág (2): 16–18. BOTTYÁN, O. 1966: Data to the anthropology of the Avar Period population of Budapest. – Anthropologia Hungarica (1–2): 1–33. BOTTYÁN, O. 1966: A Magyar Biológiai Társaság Embertani Szakosztályának mûködése az 1966. évben. [Anthropological Section of the Hungarian Biological Society in the year 1966.] – Anthropologiai Közlemények : 163–164. BOTTYÁN, O. 1966: Könyvismertetés. [Book review.] Brothwell, D. L.: Digging up bones. – Anthropologiai Közlemények : 118–119. LÁNGNÉ BOTTYÁN, O. 1967: Antropometriai adatok osztályozásának néhány problémája. (Einige Probleme der Klassifikationen anthropometrischer Daten.) – Anthropologiai Közlemények (1–2): 87–102. BOTTYÁN, O. 1967: Data to the anthropology of the Hun Period population in Hungary. – Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici : 455–464.
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BOTTYÁN, O. 1968: The outlines of an anthropological reconstruction of the cemetery (XI–XV c.) at Sopronbánfalva, West Hungary. – Anthropologia hungarica (1–2): 97–121. BOTTYÁN, O. 1968: An analysis of the palatal measuring methods. – Annales historiconaturales Musei nationalis hungarici : 297–306. L. BOTTYÁN, O. 1968: A Magyar Biológiai Társaság Embertani Szakosztályának mûködése az 1967. évben. [Anthropological Section of the Hungarian Biological Society in the year 1967.] – Anthropologiai Közlemények (1–2): 90. BOTTYÁN, O. 1969: On the problem of correlation between the alveolar profile angle and some maxillary indices. – Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici : 413–423. L. BOTTYÁN, O. 1970: Életkori változások a palatumon. (Altersveränderungen auf dem Palatum.) – In: MAGYAR BIOLÓGIAI TÁRSASÁG (ed.): A IX. Biológiai Vándorgyûlés elõadásainak ismertetése. Budapest 1970. május 6–8. [Lectures of the 9th Biology Itinerary Congress, Budapest, 6–8 May, 1970.] Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, p. 54. BOTTYÁN, O. 1970: A short anthropological analysis of the family cemetery at Sopron– Présháztelep in the IX. c. A.D. – Anthropologica hungarica (1–2): 3–8. BOTTYÁN, O. 1970: The variations of the palatum with respect to sexual dimorphism. I. – Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici : 393–404. BOTTYÁN, O. 1971: The variations of the palatum with respect to sexual dimorphism II. – Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici : 409–420. BOTTYÁN, O. 1971: Metrikus és morfológiai vizsgálatok az apertura piriformison. (Metrical and morphological examinations on the piriform aperture.) – Anthropologiai Közlemények : 61–66. BOTTYÁN, O. 1971: A short anthropological analysis of the cemetery at Csorna–Hosszúdomb. – Antropologia hungarica : 31–48. BOTTYÁN, O. 1972: Changes in the palate owing to age. – In: TÖRÕ, I. & SZABADY, E., NEMESKÉRI, J. & EIBEN, O. (eds): Advances in the biology of human populations. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, pp. 473–477. BOTTYÁN, O. 1972: Az oroszvári X–XI. századi népesség embertani vizsgálata. (Anthropologische Untersuchung der Population von Oroszvár aus de X–XI. Jahrhunderten.) – Anthropologia hungarica : 83–136. BOTTYÁN, O. 1973: Mosonmagyaróvár X–XII. századi temetõjének antropológiai értékelése. (An anthropological assessment of the X–XII. century cemetery at Mosonmagyaróvár.) – Anthropologia hungarica : 13–40. BOTTYÁN, O. 1973: The correlation of mandibular and cranial capacity. – Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici : 317–322. BOTTYÁN, O. 1974: The sexual dimorphism of the human mandible. – Annales historiconaturales Musei nationalis hungarici : 403–411. LÁNGNÉ BOTTYÁN, O. 1974: A palatum durum variációi a nemi dimorfizmus szempontjából. (Die Variationen des Palatum durum aus dem Gesichtspunkt des sexuellen Dimorphismus.) – Fogorvosi Szemle (1): 6–9. LÁNGNÉ BOTTYÁN, O. 1974: A csontos szájpad (palatum) vizsgálatának eredményei. (Results of examinations of the bony palate.) – Antropologiai Közlemények : 29–34. Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 101, 2009
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BOTTYÁN, O. 1975: Pókaszepetk kora-avarkori temetõjének antropológiai értékelése. (Anthropologische auswertung des Pókaszepetker Friedhofes aus der Früh-awaren Periode.) – Anthropologica hungarica : 5–56. LÁNG-BOTTYÁN, O. 1975: Lebensalterwandlungen der Mandibel. – Annales historiconaturales Musei nationalis hungarici : 333–342.
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