Janel Mueller (November 26, 1938 - October 21, 2022) was an American academic. She was the

William Rainey Harper William Rainey Harper (July 24, 1856 – January 10, 1906) was an American academic leader, an accomplished semiticist, and Baptist clergyman. Harper helped to establish both the University of Chicago and Bradley University and served as the fi ...

Distinguished Service Professor Emerita in English Language & Literature and the college at

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

and was the Dean of the Division of Humanities from 1999 to 2004. She was an expert on the writings of

Catherine Parr Catherine Parr (sometimes alternatively spelled Katherine, Katheryn, Kateryn, or Katharine; 1512 – 5 September 1548) was Queen of England and Ireland as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 12 July 1543 until ...

, the first woman to publish under her own name in English, including ''

Psalms or Prayers ''Psalms or Prayers'' was the first book published by Katherine Parr, queen consort of England. It is an English translation of the Latin ''Psalms'', published by John Fisher around 1525. ''Psalms or Prayers'' was published anonymously in 1544 b ...

'', ''

Prayers or Meditations ''Prayers or Meditations'', written in 1545 by the English queen Catherine Parr, was the first book published in England by a woman under her own name and in the English language. It first appeared in print on 8 June 1545. Preceded in the previou ...

'' and ''

The Lamentation of a Sinner ''The Lamentation of a Sinner'' (contemporary spelling: ''The Lamentacion of a Synner'') is a three-part sequence of reflections published by the English queen Catherine Parr, the sixth wife and widow of Henry VIII, as well as the first woman to ...

''. In 1972, she was awarded the

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...

. She is the co-editor of four volumes of the writings of Elizabeth I, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

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