Editing Ada Adler (section)

==Biography==
Adler was born on 18 February 1878, the daughter of Bertel David Adler and Elise Johanne, née Fraenckel.<ref name=Hilden/> Her family was of high social standing and well-connected. Her grandfather, [[David Baruch Adler]], was a wealthy banker and politician. Her aunt, Ellen Adler Bohr, was the mother of [[Niels Bohr]] and [[Harald Bohr]].<ref name=Hilden/> Through the Bohrs, she was also related to Danish psychologist [[Edgar Rubin]].<ref name=Pind/>

Adler's early education was at Miss Steenberg's School and then [[N. Zahle's School]], where she studied [[Ancient Greek]] under [[Anders Bjørn Drachmann]] beginning in 1893.<ref name=Roth2/> She then went to the [[University of Copenhagen]], where she continued to study Greek and comparative religion with Drachmann and also Professor [[Vilhelm Thomsen]].<ref name=Roth2/><ref name=Roth/> In 1906, she completed her master's thesis on ancient Greek [[religion]], as well as receiving an award from the Historical Philological Society for research on the myth of [[Pandora]].<ref name=Roth2/> In 1912, after finishing her master's, she traveled to [[Vienna]] to study, during which time she published a few articles on Greek religion and completed research and writing for [[Pauly-Wissowa]].<ref name=Roth2/>

In 1901, she married Danish philosopher [[Anton Thomsen]], whom she had met at a dinner on 20 March 1897.<ref name=Hilden/> Thomsen preserved an account of this first meeting in his diary, recalling how struck he was by her.<ref name=Pind/> They divorced in 1912.<ref name=Roth/>

During World War II, she was evacuated to Sweden with other Danish Jews. She taught Greek in the Danish school in Lund.<ref name=Roth/>

She is buried in [[Mosaisk Vestre Begravelsesplads]] near Copenhagen.