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Her early education was provided by several governesses, many of whom taught in both French and English - a quality that proved to serve her well later in life. Her first formal schooling was at Frankfurt's all-girls' high school, known as the Schiller-Schule[8]. Her father was unapproving of her following in his footsteps with taking an interest in neurology as he did not believe women belonged in science. Nevertheless, he later used his respected position in the scientific community to assist in finding strong connections to help further her career. Consequently, matriculating at Heidelberg University and the University of Munich in 1916, where she remained until 1918. She initially studied zoology but switched to paleontology in which she was much happier. The classes she took in zoology, geology, psychology and paleontology allowed her to take her interest in neurology and relate it to geological evidence, later building the foundations of paleoneurology. Despite Edinger's education, her mother still saw her field as nothing more than simply a hobby. She began her doctoral studies at the University of Frankfurt that year[12]. Her study of the brain of Nothosaurus, a Triassic marine reptile, earned her a Ph.D. in natural philosophy in 1921 and was the topic of her first publication. After completing her Ph.D, she went on to perform more research in paleontology part-time and was a curator of fossil vertebrates for Senckenberg Museum[14].