Mabel Lang, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mabel Lang

American archaeologist

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1917

Place of Birth: Utica, New York, United States

Date of Death: 21-Jul-2010

Profession: university teacher, art historian, classical scholar, archaeologist, anthropologist, classical philologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Mabel Louise Lang (November 12, 1917 – July 21, 2010) was an American archaeologist and scholar of Classical Greek and Mycenaean culture.
She served on the faculty of Bryn Mawr College until 1991 and was professor emerita there until her death.
She was the author of several books on Classical Greek law and culture, and was a contributor to the deciphering of the Linear B inscriptions found at Pylos.
She received her A.B.
from Columbia University in 1939 and her Ph.D.
from Bryn Mawr in 1943.
She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1981.