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Jul 07, 1901 Wimmis, canton of Bern, Switzerland Died on 23 Dec 1993 (aged 92)
Swiss Mesoamericanists
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About Gertrude Blom
- Gertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom (born Gertrude Elisabeth Lörtscher; July 7, 1901 – December 23, 1993) was a Swiss journalist, social anthropologist, and documentary photographer who spent five decades chronicling the Mayan cultures of Chiapas, Mexico, particularly the culture of the Lacandon Maya.
- In later life, she also became an environmental activist.
- Blom's former home Casa Na Bolom is a research and cultural center devoted to the protection and preservation of the Lacandon Maya and La Selva Lacandona rain forest.
