Frazelia Campbell

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Frazelia Campbell

Frazelia Campbell (born March 18, 1849 in Charleston , South Carolina , † October 5, 1930 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) was an African-American ancient historian and teacher . She was one of the women featured in the "Black Classicists" exhibition.

Life

Frazelia Campbell was born on March 18, 1849 to Frederick and Julia Swartz Campbell in Charleston, South Carolina. She studied at Philadelphia's Institute for Colored Youth and graduated in 1867. She was probably u. a. Taught by Fanny Jackson Coppin , who taught Latin , Ancient Greek and mathematics in college from 1865 and was director of the institute from 1869 to 1902. In 1865 Campbell gave an early school year speech on The Worth of Books and in 1866 on Sic Itur ad Astra (How to Rise to the Stars). Two years later she presented a treatise on Virgil and Gray .

Professional background

After graduating from the institute, Campbell worked as a teacher of Latin, German and Spanish. From 1876 she was director of the grammar school for women, which was part of the institute. In 1902 she moved to Allen University in Columbia , since the institute discontinued its academic work. Allen was a new university founded to educate African Americans. In her article on Tacitus , she discussed the role of women in late ancient Germanic society.

During her time at Allen University, Campbell published articles on many subjects, including classical music and education, in the African Methodist Episcopal Church Review . Campbell taught at Allen University until at least 1912. At an unknown time, she returned to Philadelphia.

Death and legacy

Campbell died at home on October 5, 1930, aged 81 and was buried in a family grave in Eden Cemetery . This is a cemetery established by blacks for blacks in Delaware County in 1902 .

Campbell is considered an important figure in the development of Black Classical Antiquity and also an important woman in the field of philology . However, her main legacy is encouraging African American students to learn foreign languages. Along with Helen Maria Chesnutt, she is one of only two women to be featured in the exhibition Black Classicists | A Mural Mosaic are represented. This exhibition at the Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard University presented portraits of African-American classical scholar.

Fonts (selection)

  • The two piccolomini. In: African Methodist Episcopal Church Review, 1 (Jan. 1885), pp. 200-204.
  • Tacitus' German Women. In: African Methodist Episcopal Church Review, 2 (Oct., 1885), pp. 167-173.
  • Milton's Satan. In: African Methodist Episcopal Church Review, 7 (Oct., 1885), pp. 196-198.
  • The Sixteenth Century in the Education of Modern Thought. In: African Methodist Episcopal Church Review, 19 (July, 1903), pp. 31-40.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Laura Gordon: CAMPBELL, Frazelia. Retrieved February 25, 2020 (UK English).
  2. ↑ a b 12 Black Classicists: Campbell. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
  3. ^ A b Fanny Jackson-Coppin. Reminiscences of School Life; and Hints on Teaching. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
  4. ^ Cassandra Wagoner: Fannie Jackson Coppin (1837-1913). November 20, 2007, Retrieved February 26, 2020 (American English).
  5. ↑ Laura Gordon: CAMPBELL, Frazelia. Retrieved February 26, 2020 (UK English).
  6. ^ Wilson J. Moses: Dark Forests and Barbarian Vigor: Paradox, Conflict, and Africanity in Black Writing before 1914. In: American Literary History , vol. 1, no. 3, 1989, pp. 637-655. JSTOR , www.jstor.org/stable/489722. Accessed Feb 29, 2020.
  7. ↑ a b Wyles, Rosie: Women classical scholars: unsealing the fountain from the Renaissance to Jacqueline de Romilly . First ed. Oxford, United Kingdom 2016, ISBN 0-19-872520-5 , pp. 179 ( google.co.uk [accessed February 26, 2020]).
  8. ↑ Historic Eden Cemetery. Retrieved February 26, 2020 (American English).
  9. ↑ Michele Valerie Ronnick: Twelve Black Classicists. In: Arion. A Journal of Humanities and the Classics , Volume 11, No. 3, 2004, pp. 85-102, JSTOR 20163940 , accessed February 29, 2020.
  10. ^ Katrina Watterson: The attitudes of African American students towards the study of foreign languages ​​and cultures . In: LSU Doctoral Dissertations . January 1, 2011 ( lsu.edu [accessed February 29, 2020]).
  11. ^ Black Classics Scholars, an Untold Story | BU Today. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
  12. ^ Black Classicists. Retrieved February 26, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Erica Eisen: Hidden figures: the importance of remembering black classicists . In: The Guardian . June 4, 2018, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed February 26, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Campbell, Frazelia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION African-American ancient historian and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Charleston
DATE OF DEATH 5th October 1930
Place of death Philadelphia , Pennsylvania