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BREWSTER, Ethel Hampson

  • BREWSTER, Ethel Hampson

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Date of Birth
July 3, 1886
Born City
Chester
Born State/Country
PA
Parents
Joseph Fergus & Emma Jane Hampson B.
Date of Death
August 18, 1947
Death City
Swarthmore
Death State/Country
PA
EDUCATION

A.B. Swarthmore, 1907; A.M. U. Pennsylvania, 1911; Bennett fell, class., 1912-4; Ph.D. 1915; study at AAR, 1926-7.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Instr. Lat., French, & Eng. Chester HS, 1907-9; head class, dept. West Chester (PA) HS, 1909-12; instr. Lat. Vassar, 1914-6; asst.-prof. Gk. & Lat. Swarthmore, 1916-24; prof. & chair of class., 1928-47; actng. dean coll., 1932-3.


DISSERTATION

Roman Craftsmen and Tradesmen of the Early Empire (Pennsylvania, 1915); printed (Menasha WI, 1917).


PUBLICATIONS

"On Suetonius, De grammaticis 5," CP 10 (1915) 84-6; "The Synthesis of the Romans," TAPA 49 (1918) 131-43; "A Weaver of Oxyrhynchus: Sketch of an Humble Life in Roman Egypt," TAPA 58 (1927) 132-54; A Weaver's Life in Oxyrhynchus: His Status in the Community," Studies Rolfe, 19-45; "Poster Politics in Ancient Rome and in Later Italy", CJ 39 (1944) 466-83.


NOTES

Ethel H. Brewster once said that the value of the classics was self-evident, needing no defense. Witty, alert, charitable, holding high standards for herself and others yet not censorious, dignified and somewhat aloof, she exemplified as well as taught classical ideals. She was a stimulating teacher with a willingness to go out of her way to foster all aspects of education. She taught Greek with flair, urged students to attend the daily Quaker "Collection," invited them to tea in her home, the tiny Benjamin West House on campus, and drove a contingent to Randolph-Macon to see a production of Prometheus Bound in Greek. Her interest continued for years as she followed careers in graduate school and teaching.


SOURCES

CJ 43 (1947-8) 232; WhAm 2:78.


AUTHOR
Katherine Lever
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