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Esther Boise Van Deman (October 1, 1862 – 3 May 1937) was an American archaeologist who developed techniques that allowed her to estimate the building dates of ancient buildings in Rome.
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Esther Boise Van Deman (October 1, 1862 – 3 May 1937) was an American archaeologist who developed techniques that allowed her to estimate the building dates of ancient buildings in Rome.
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Life Esther Boise Van Deman was born in South Salem, Ohio, to Joseph Van Deman and his second wife, Martha Millspaugh. She was the youngest of six children, including two boys by her father's first marriage.
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Education and career In 1883, Van Deman began studying at the College of Emporia, in Emporia, Kansas. In 1886, she was accepted to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, from which she graduated with an A.B. in Latin in 1891. From 1889 she worked closely with the new, young Professor Francis Kelsey, who encouraged her to study the cult of the Vestal Virgins. She stayed at Michigan, becoming one of the first women to undertake post-graduate studies there, and received her A.M. in 1891. She then became the first fellow in Latin at Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania. Moving to Baltimore she taught Latin at Wellesley College, then Bryn Mawr School. In 1895 she presented a paper, "The Duties of the Vestals" at a conference organised by Kelsey. She commenced studying for her doctorate at the University of Chicago in 1896 and became the first woman to be awarded a PhD in Latin there in 1898; her thesis again focused on the Vestal Virgins. She then taught Latin at Mount Holyoke College from 1898 to 1901 In 1901 Van Deman travelled to Rome, assisted by her mentor Kelsey, to gather further material on the Vestal Virgins. The House of the…
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Works "The Value of Vestal Statues as Originals", American Journal of Archaeology 12.3 (July-Sept. 1908) 324-342
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The So-Called Flavian Rostra 1909 "Methods of Determining the Date of Roman Concrete Monuments", American Journal of Archaeology. April–June 1912 The Porticus of Gaius and Lucius 1913 "The Sullan Forum", Journal of Roman Studies 1922
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The Sacra Via of Nero 1925 The Building of the Roman Aqueducts 1934
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Van Deman on WorldCat Van Deman Photograph Collection archived at the American Academy in Rome