About Susan Braley Franklin
Lived 1868 – 1955 (aged 86). Susan Braley Franklin was an American classical scholar.
Susan Braley Franklin ( – ) was an American classical scholar and educator.
Biography Susan Braley Franklin was born on in Newport, Rhode Island, the daughter of William Barker Franklin, a baker, and Mary Adeline Braley Franklin.
She graduated from Rogers High School in 1885. Franklin earned an A.B. in 1889 and a Ph.D. in 1996 from Bryn Mawr College. Her dissertation was Traces of Epic Influence in the Tragedies of Aeschylus.
While earning her Ph.D., Franklin was an instructor in Latin at Vassar College. She went on to teach Greek and Latin at Miss Florence Baldwin's School, then was head of classics at the Ethical Culture School in New York City from 1904 until 1920. She returned to Rogers High School and retired as head of their Latin department in 1934.
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American classics educator (1868–1955)
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Susan Braley Franklin was born on 6 June 1868 in Newport.
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Susan Braley Franklin died on 24 April 1955 in Newport.
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Susan Braley Franklin was a classical scholar.
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