Elise Hofmann
Elise Hofmann (5 February 1889 – 14 March 1955) was an Austrian teacher, paleobotanist, and geologist. She studied the fossils found in Austrian lignite, publishing over 120 works, including the 1934 book Palaeohistologie der Pflanze (Paleohistology of the Plant). She was made a correspondent of the Geological Survey of Austria in 1931 and the Landesmuseum Niederösterreich in 1933. She was appointed professor emerita of the University of Vienna.