Alice Braunlich

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Alice Braunlich (born February 1, 1888 in Davenport (Iowa) ; † August 9, 1989 there ) was an American classical philologist .

Life

Alice Freda Braunlich was born to parents of German origin in Davenport (Iowa). Her parents were the doctor Henry Uchtorf Braunlich and Emilie Hedwig Hoering Braunlich. The income of her father enabled Alice Braunlich to study at the University of Chicago , which she graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1908 and a master's degree in 1909 . From 1912 to 1914 she worked as an assistant to the Latin professor William Gardner Hale , where she received her doctorate in 1913 with a dissertation on indirect questions in the indicative . From 1914 to 1918 she worked as a teacher of Latin at the Frances Shimer School in Chicago; at the same time, she held teaching positions at the University of Chicago. From 1918 she worked as a high school teacher in her hometown of Davenport. In 1920 she was appointed as an Associate Professor at Goucher College in Towson , Maryland , where she taught and researched until her retirement in 1956 (since 1925 as a full professor ). Braunlich spent her retirement in Davenport, where she died on August 9, 1989 at the age of 101.

In addition to academic teaching, Braunlich occupied himself well into old age with the Greek and Latin languages, especially with the syntax of various authors.

literature

  • Janice M. Benario: Braunlich, Alice Freda . In: Ward W. Briggs (ed.), Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists , Westport, CT / London: Greenwood Press 1994, pp. 61f., ISBN 978-0-313245-60-2 .

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SURNAME Brownish, Alice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brownish, Alice; Brownish, Alice Freda; Braunlich, Alice F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Davenport, Iowa
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 1989
Place of death Davenport, Iowa