Background
Gabain was born in Mörchingen on 7 April 1901. Her father, Arthur von Gabain, was a general and from Protestant family, Hugenotte. However, her mother raised her as a Catholic.
Gabain was born in Mörchingen on 7 April 1901. Her father, Arthur von Gabain, was a general and from Protestant family, Hugenotte. However, her mother raised her as a Catholic.
Gabain received primary and secondary education in Mainz and Brandenburg. She went to Berlin for university education. She took courses on mathematics, sciences, Sinology and Turcology.
She completed a dissertation in Sinology.
Later, she began to work on the Old Turkic materials kept at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin. Gabain died on 15 January 1993 in Berlin.
German Academy of Sciences at Berlin.