The Allure of Archaeology: Agnes Conway and Jane Harrison at Newnham College, 1903–1907
Jane Ellen Harrison, eccentric Newnham don and classicist, delivered an annual lecture to first year students. She delivered her lectures in dimness so her lantern slides would be clearly visible, adopting a theatrically high-pitched lecture voice for dramatic eff...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2011-05-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the History of Archaeology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.archaeologybulletin.org/article/view/5 |
| Summary: | Jane Ellen Harrison, eccentric
Newnham don and classicist, delivered an annual lecture to first year students. She
delivered her lectures in dimness so her lantern slides would be clearly visible,
adopting a theatrically high-pitched lecture voice for dramatic effect. In 1903,
listening enraptured in the audience, sat Agnes Conway, a first year history student.
Conway wrote to her mother afterwards saying: ‘it was perfectly lovely – But oh dear, I
wish I knew Greek! I am perfectly fired to learn, for it is no good doing Archaeology
without it, I have discovered …’. Agnes Conway’s love of archaeology began from that
lecture. |
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| ISSN: | 1062-4740 2047-6930 |