Edith Philips, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edith Philips

American educator and writer

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1892

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 19-Jul-1983

Profession: academic

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Edith Philips

  • Edith Philips (November 3, 1892 – July 19, 1983) was an American writer and academic of French literature.
  • Her research focused on eighteenth-century French literature and French emigration to the United States.
  • She was a Guggenheim Fellow (1928) and a professor of French at Goucher College and Swarthmore College.
  • In 1932, she published The Good Quaker in French Legend.
  • She served as the acting dean of women at Swarthmore and was later appointed the Susan W.
  • Lippincott Professor of French in 1941.
  • Philips was the founding chair of the Department of Modern Languages at Swarthmore, serving in this position from 1949–1960.

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