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Eugenie Sellers Strong

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British archaeologist and art historian (1860-1943)

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Eugénie Sellers Strong was a British archaeologist and art historian. She was assistant director of the British School at Rome from 1909 to 1925.

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1938Serena Medal
1927Commander of the Order of the British Empire
honorary doctorate
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries

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Eugénie Sellers Strong was a British archaeologist and art historian. She was assistant director of the British School at Rome from 1909 to 1925. After studying at Girton College, Cambridge, in 1890 she became the first female student admitted to the British School at Athens; she continued art historical studies in Germany under Adolf Furtwängler. In 1897 she married art historian Sandford Arthur Strong. She contributed to the catalogue of the 1903 Burlington Fine Arts Club "Greek Art" Exhibition, and wrote several books on classical art and sculpture.

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France
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Academics
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Academic
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deceased
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Lived 1860 to 1943 · aged 83
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