Mariana McCaulley

Mariana McCaulley (1890–December 26, 1946) was an epigrapher and Latin teacher.

Mariana McCaulley
Mariana McCaulley c. 1919
Born1890
DiedDecember 26, 1946(1946-12-26) (aged 55–56)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Other namesMariana VanDeventer
Occupation(s)Epigrapher and Latin teacher

Biography

McCaulley published a 1912 M.A. thesis at Cornell University on a squeeze of the Monumentum Ancyranum (a copy of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti), which obtained positive results in comparing the squeeze against published texts of the inscription and examining its "apices, paragraph-marks and word-division".[1][2][3][4] While at Cornell, she was an advocate for women's suffrage and a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma.[5] During World War I, she served as a canteen worker with the YMCA in France,[6] and afterwards became a member of the Women's Overseas Service League. She later taught Latin at Camden High School, Frankford High School, and the University of Pennsylvania.[7]

Personal life

McCaulley was born in 1890, the daughter of Francis Hervey McCaulley and Lulu McCaulley née Paynter. She married Harry B. VanDeventer in 1927.[8] The couple are recorded in the 1940 US census as living in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery, PA, with their servant Margaret Yeck.[9]

References
  1. "Cornell Collections of Antiquities: Res Gestae Divi Augusti". Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. McCaulley, Mariana (1912). A collation of the Cornell squeeze of the Monumentum Ancyranum and a translation of the inscription (Thesis). Cornell University.
  3. Palmer, Morgan (2019). Res Gestae: The Queen of Inscriptions and the History of Epigraphers. AIA & SCS Joint Annual Meeting. San Diego.
  4. Blanshard, Alastair [@AlastairBlan] (2019-01-05). "Mariana McCaulley an impressive epigraher who deserves to be much better known" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. Cornell University (1912). The Class Book. Senior Class of Cornell University. p. 289.
  6. "The Key: Official Organ of Kappa Kappa Gamma" (PDF). Vol. 36, no. 1. 1919-02-01. p. 19.
  7. "Cornell Alumni News". Vol. 49, no. 11. 1947-01-15. p. 284.
  8. "Bulletin of Yale University: Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University" (PDF). 42. No. 1. 1946-01-01. p. 101.
  9. "Mariana Van Deventer from Lower Merion Township in 1940 Census District 46-81". www.archives.com. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
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