Dorothea Alastair MacVane

Dorothea Alastair MacVane (January 9, 1884 – date of death unknown) was an opera singer.

Dorothea Alastair MacVane

Biography

MacVane was born to professor Silas Marcus MacVane (1842–1914) of Boston, Massachusetts. He was the former McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University.[1] Her sisters were Edith MacVane and Baroness Emily Dodeman du Placy.[2]

In 1913 she was suspected of being an American spy by the Italian government.[1]

She married Count Bosco di Rofino and lived in Turin, where she died in the late 1970s.

References
  1. "Dorothea A. MacVane". The New York Times. December 17, 1913.
  2. "Ambassador Takes Up MacVane Case. Daughter Of Harvard Professor Said To Be Under Suspicion As A Spy In Italy". Boston Daily Globe. December 17, 1913. Archived from the original on November 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.


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