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• Date of Birth: September 25, 1869
• Born City: Derby
• Born State/Country: CT
• Parents: Sylvester, a judge, & Frances Amelia Collin B.
• Date of Death: October 17, 1950
• Death City: Clint
• Death State/Country: MA
• Education:

  A.B., Smith, 1891; scholar in classics, 1896-7; 1899-1900; fellow, 1900-1; Ph.D., Yale, 1902.

• Dissertation:

  “Tryphiodorus. A Late Epic Poet: His Relation to Other Epics in Form and Vocabulary” (Yale, 1902).

• Professional Experience:

  Instr. Elizabeth College, (Marietta College, OH), 1891-6; Latin teacher, Hartford (CT) High School, 1897-8; Beacon School, 1898-99; instr. Greek, Smith, 1902-12; asso. prof., 1912-19; prof., 1919-37.

• Publications:

  Selections from Herodotus, with Megan Ottone Drinkwater (Boston: Heath, 1929; repr., Norman, OK: U. of Oklahoma Press, 1964; 2015)

• Sources:

  Woman's Who's Who, 74.

  Papers: Individual faculty papers, College Archives, SC-MS-01008, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts.

• Author: Ward Briggs