Leila Clement Spaulding (1878-1973) was an American

classicist Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

and

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

who taught Greek at

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(1903-1907), lectured in art and archaeology at

Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh: ) is a women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of elite, historically women's colleges in the United St ...

and was Assistant Professor of Classics at Colorado College 1911–1914. She was the first woman professor with a PhD at Colorado College. As well as her teaching responsibilities, Spaulding worked on classical sculpture publishing the book of her PhD thesis on the "Camillus"-Type in sculpture.

Biography

Spaulding was born in Morristown,

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. She attended

and received her BA in 1899 and completed her MA at

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in 1901. She then conducted research at

on classical sculpture and was awarded her PhD in 1911. During her PhD studies, Spaulding taught Greek at Vassar College, and art and architecture at Bryn Mawr College. From 1901 Spaulding was a Fellow at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and also traveled to Rome to further her studies. In 1911 Spaulding was the first woman with a PhD to be appointed as a professor at Colorado College. After Spaulding's appointment to Colorado College, additional members of the female faculty with PhDs were appointed frequently in following years. While at Colorado College Spaulding was the resident faculty member at Ticknor Hall.

Honours

Spaulding was a Curtis Scholar while a graduate student at

Agnes Hoppin Memorial Fellowship

Spaulding was awarded the

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in 1902 at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Personal life

Spaulding married Edward Winans Kent on 22 July 1914. Spaulding left her career at Colorado College after her marriage and lived in

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, Colorado Springs, and Lake Hamilton with her husband.

Publications

Books

*''The "Camillus"-Type in Sculpture'', (Lancaster 1911)

Articles

*"On Dating Early Attic Inscriptions", in ''American Journal of Archaeology'' 10 (1906) 394–404

References

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