Mertz, Henriette

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Mertz, Henriette
Date of birth
1898
Date of death
1985
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 228722341
Wikidata: Q5716118
Library of congress: n 93023683
TAU10: 000299434
Sources of Information
  • Her The mystic symbol, c1986:t.p. (Henriette Mertz; published posthumously) jkt. (J.D., M.P.L., LL. D.; patent lawyer; Lt. Cmdr., USNR (ret.) during WWII)
  • LC data base, 3/15/93(hdg.: Mertz, Henriette)
  • v OCLC

Wikipedia description:

Henriette Mertz (1896 – August 17, 1985) was an American patent attorney from Chicago and a proponent of pseudoarchaeological hyperdiffusionism in relation to ancient American history. During World War II, she worked as a code-breaker for the U.S. government's cryptography department. She published several controversial works during the 1960s and 1970s relating to the early discovery and settlement of America. She died on August 17, 1985, in Chicago at 89; her book The Mystic Symbol was published posthumously.

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