Alice Walton

Mary Alice Walton (1865–1954) was an American classicist and archaeologist and Professor Emerita of Latin at Wellesley College. She was "prominent among the first generation of American women who combined a close knowledge of the ancient sites with teaching in a women's college".

Early life and education Walton was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the daughter of George Augustus Walton and Electa Noble Lincoln Walton. Her father was an educator and education official, and her mother was a noted clubwoman and suffragist. She graduated from Smith College in 1887, and gained her PhD in 1892, from Cornell University, with a thesis on the cult of Asclepius.

Career Following her doctoral studies, Walton was a Fellow of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens from 1892 to 1894 She retired from Wellesley in 1933, with emerita status. and served as its president from 1914 to 1915. She was also a founder and active member of the Classical Club of Greater Boston.

Personal life Walton died in 1954, at the age of 89, in Boston.

Select publications Walton, A. 1900. "Some Transformations of Antiquity," The Wellesley Magazine 8, 159–65. Walton, A. 1904. "'Calynthus' or Calamis", American Journal of Archaeology 8, 460–2. Walton, A. 1906. "The Classics as a Means of Training in English", Bulletin of the Classical Association of New England 1, 29–31. Walton, A. 1907. "An Unpublished Amphora and an Eye Cylix signed by Amasis in the Boston Museum", American Journal of Archaeology 11, 150–9. Walton, A. 1916. "Painted Marbles from Thessaly", Art and Archaeology 4, 47–53. Walton, A. 1924. "The Date of the Arch of Constantine", Memoirs of the American Academy at Rome 4, 169–180.