Elizabeth Schofield
Elizabeth Schofield | |
|---|---|
| Born | Elizabeth Virginia Milburn 1935 United States |
| Died | 2005 (aged 69–70) Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Cincinnati |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Archaeology |
| Institutions | Cornell University St John's College, Cambridge |
Elizabeth Virginia Schofield (1935–2005) was a British–American archaeologist and classical scholar.
Career
[edit | edit source]Schofield attended Cheltenham Ladies' College in the UK before studying in the United States at Wilson College in Pennsylvania. She followed her college studies with a master's degree from Washington State University and then, in 1959, a PhD at the University of Cincinnati under Jack Caskey.[1]
Schofield taught at Cornell University before moving with her partner and family to a teaching position at St John's College, Cambridge.[1] Academically, she focused full-time on excavations at Kea; first with Jack Caskey and then directing the archaeological project there after Caskey's death.[2]
In 2005 she was awarded the distinguished service award by the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Cincinnati.[1]
Select publications
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References
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- British women archaeologists
- British archaeologists
- 20th-century American archaeologists
- 1935 births
- 2005 deaths
- American women classical scholars
- University of Cincinnati alumni
- Cornell University faculty
- Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge
- People educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College
- Archaeologist stubs