Agnes Carr Vaughan
Agnes Carr Vaughan | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Bryn Mawr College; Smith College |
Agnes Carr Vaughan was Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at Smith College and an author of historical fiction set in the ancient world.
Academic career
Vaughan studied at Galloway College and taught in high schools and colleges in Arkansas, Michigan and Missouri.[1] Vaughan was awarded a PhD from the University of Michigan in 1917 for a thesis Madness in Greek thought and custom.[2][3][4] She directed student productions of classical plays at Hardin College and Wells College.[5][6] In 1926, she joined Smith College as associate professor in Greek and in 1945 was promoted to Professor of Classical Languages and Literature. She retired in 1952.[7] She was awarded a Sophia Smith Fellowship for 1966–67.[8] She was a member of the managing committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens from 1944 until her death in the 1970s.[9]
Publications
Academic work and non-fiction
- (1919) Madness in Greek thought and custom. Maryland: J. H. Furst company
- (1945) The genesis of human offspring. Massachusetts: Smith College Classical Studies
- (1959) The House of the Double Axe; the palace at Knossos. New York: Doubleday[10]
- (1964) Those Mysterious Etruscans. New York: Doubleday
Historical Fiction
- (1930) Lucian goes a-voyaging, illustrated by Harrie Wood. New York: A.A. Knopf
- (1932) Evenings in a Greek Bazaar. New York: A.A. Knopf
- (1935) Within the Walls. New York: Macmillan
- (1940) Akka, dwarf of Syracuse, illustrated by Elizabeth Tyler Wolcott. New York: Longmans, Green and co.
- (1962) Bury me in Ravenna. New York: Doubleday[11]
- (1967) Zenobia of Palmyra. New York: Doubleday
References
- ↑ College, Hardin Junior. Hardin College and Conservatory of Music: [Catalog]. Mexico, Missouri: The College.
- ↑ Knapp, Charles (1925). "American Doctoral Dissertations in Classics 1912-1921 (Concluded)". The Classical Weekly. 18 (20): 153–154. ISSN 1940-641X.
- ↑ Vaughan, Agnes Carr (1917). MADNESS IN GREEK THOUGHT AND CUSTOM.
- ↑ Michigan, University of (1923). Catalogue of graduates, non-graduates, officers, and members of the faculties, 1837-1921. Ann Arbor, Mich: University of Michigan.
- ↑ "Current Events". The Classical Journal. 19 (1): 55–58. 1923. ISSN 0009-8353.
- ↑ "Current Events". The Classical Journal. 8 (2): 84–91. 1912. ISSN 0009-8353.
- ↑ "Smith College The President's Report" (PDF). 1952.
- ↑ "Smith gives awards". Boston Globe. 19 June 1966. p. 81.
- ↑ "History of the American School 1939-1980- Appendices | American School of Classical Studies at Athens". www.ascsa.edu.gr. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ↑ "Knossos, City of Legends, Becomes Real". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 27 December 1959. p. 40. Retrieved 28 November 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ McLaughlin, Richard (30 September 1962). "'Bury Me in Ravenna'". Springfield Morning Union. p. 84. Retrieved 28 November 2025 – via Newspapers.com.