Gertrude von Petzold

Gertrude von Petzold
Von Petzold in 1904
Born
Gertrud von Petzold

(1876-01-09)January 9, 1876
DiedMarch 14, 1953(1953-03-14) (aged 77)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh (MA)
Manchester College, Oxford
University of Birmingham (MA)
University of Tübingen (PhD)
OccupationMinister · Lecturer

Gertrude von Petzold (9 January 1876 – 14 March 1952) was a German Unitarian minister and public lecturer. She was the first woman to be appointed for church ministry in England. Petzold was also the first woman in Germany who qualified for professorship in Germanics at the University of Kiel. She taught English at the University of Frankfurt.