Ethyle R. Wolfe
American classical philologist
About Ethyle R. Wolfe
Lived 1919 – 2010 (aged 91). Ethyle R. Wolfe was an American classical philologist, papyrologist and university teacher.
Ethyle Renee Wolfe (March 4, 1919 – May 6, 2010) was an American classics professor who taught at Brooklyn College. During her many years at the college, she developed the Humanities Institute (now named after her) and was awarded the Charles Frankel Prize in 1990.
Biography Wolfe was born on March 4, 1919, in Burlington, Vermont. She went to the University of Vermont (UVM) where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1940 and two years later, with a master's degree. She earned her Ph.D. from New York University (NYU) in 1950.
In 1982, she became a provost and vice president of academic affairs at Brooklyn College. Wolfe died on May 6, 2010.
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American classical philologist
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Ethyle R. Wolfe was born on 4 March 1919 in Burlington.
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Ethyle R. Wolfe died on 6 May 2010 in New York City.
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