Agnes Freda Isabel Kirsopp Lake Michels (July 31, 1909 – November 30, 1993, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina)[1] known as "Nan" to her friends, was a leading twentieth century scholar of Roman religion and daily life and a daughter of the Biblical scholar Kirsopp Lake (1872–1946).
Michels earned her bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in Latin from Bryn Mawr College, where she was also a member of the faculty from 1934 until 1975.[2] After her retirement she frequently taught courses at Duke University as well as at the University of North Carolina.
She spent time in Rome as a Fellow of the American Academy in the company of Lily Ross Taylor in 1933. Michels was president of the American Philological Association for 1971–72.[3] During her career, Roman religion was the focus of her research. It led to her landmark book, still consulted by scholars as a work of authority, The Calendar of the Roman Republic (Princeton, 1967).[4]
A series of lectures offered at Bryn Mawr College celebrates Michels and her work.[5]
Michels was married to physicist Walter Christian Michels (1906-1975).[6] She is buried in Radnor, Pennsylvania.
Publications
edit- 1935. Campana Supellex, the pottery deposit at Minturnae. Ph.D. thesis, Bryn Mawr College.[7]
- 1935. "The archaeological evidence for the 'Tuscan temple'". Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 12:89-149.
- 1937. "The supplicatio and Graecus Ritus." In Quantulacumque; studies presented to Kirsopp Lake by pupils, colleagues and friends, 243–251.
- 1949. "The 'Calendar of Numa' and the Pre-Julian Calendar." Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association 80:320–346. doi:10.2307/283524.
- 1953. "The Topography and Interpretation of the Lupercalia." Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association 84:35–59. doi:10.2307/283397.
- 1955. "Death and Two Poets." Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association 86:160-179.
- 1967. The Calendar of the Roman Republic. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
- 1997. "The Many Faces of Aeneas." Classical Journal 92.4:399-416.
Necrology
edit- Obituary by Russell T. Scott in Bryn Mawr Classical Review[1] Archived 2000-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
Sources
edit- Biography and bibliography written by Jerzy Linderski, "Agnes Kirsopp Michels and the Religio." Classical Journal 92.4 (1997) 323-345.
External links
edit- Agnes Kirsopp Lake Michels at the Database of Classical Scholars, author: Russell T. Scott
References
edit- ^ Harvard University. Class of 1894. Secretary; Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1894 (1919). Twenty-fifth anniversary report, 1894-1919. Plimpton Press. pp. 584–.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Bryn Mawr College (1964). Bryn Mawr College Calendar: Graduate Courses. The College.
- ^ American Philological Association (1972). Directory of Members - American Philological Association. Scholars Press.
- ^ Agnes Kirsopp Michels (1 January 1978). The Calendar of the Roman Republic. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-20226-1.
- ^ Faris, Suzanne B.; Lundeen, Lesley E. (2006). Ten Years of the Agnes Kirsopp Lake Michels Lectures at Bryn Mawr College. Bryn Mawr Commentaries. ISBN 978-1-931019-03-3.
- ^ "Annual Reports of the President of Bryn Mawr College, 1951-1963". 1963.
- ^ Agnes Kirsopp Lake (1935). Campana Supellex, the Pottery Deposit at Minturnae ... Bryn Mawr.