Edith Hall Dohan

Edith Hayward Hall Dohan (1877-1943) was an American archaeologist who earned Bryn Mawr College's first classical archaeology Ph.D.[1] She was the second of four children with a father who attended Yale University. She received her B.A. from Smith College. After her Ph.D. she taught at Mount Holyoke College and spent time, after marriage, to her children. She later went on to do noteworthy work on ancient Greece and at points visited Crete. Later in life she became interested in the Etruscan civilization.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Bryn Mawr profile
  2. ↑ Edward T. James; Janet Wilson James; Paul S. Boyer, eds. (1971). Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary. Harvard University Press. pp. 496–497. ISBN 978-0-674-62734-5.
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