Ursula Niebuhr

Ursula Mary Niebuhr (née Keppel-Compton; August 3, 1907[1] – January 10, 1997) was an English American academic and theologian. She was the founder and longtime head of the Department of Religion at Barnard College in New York City, USA.

She was born in Southampton, England. After graduation from the University of Oxford with double Firsts in history and theology, she became the first woman to win a fellowship to the Union Theological Seminary in New York, USA.[2]

  1. ^ Remembering Niebuhr: letters of Reinhold and Ursula M. Niebuhr. San Francisco: Harper & Row. p xiv OCLC 246795572
  2. ^ Thomas, Robert. "Ursula Niebuhr, 89, Founder Of Barnard Religion Department," New York Times. January 12, 1997.

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