Spectroscopy of extra-galactic globular clusters

The focus of this thesis is the study of stellar populations of extra-galactic globular clusters (GCs) by measuring spectral indices and comparing them to simple stellar population models. We present the study of GCs in the context of tracing elliptical galaxy star formation, chemical enrichment and mass assembly. In this thesis we set out to test how can be determined about a galaxy's formation history by studying the spectra of a small sample of GCs. Are the stellar population parameters of the GCs strongly linked with the formation history of the host galaxy? We present spectra and Lick index measurements for GCs associated with 3 elliptical galaxies, NGC 1052, NGC 3379 and NGC 4649. We derive ages, metallicities and