Jane Ellen Harrison

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Jane Ellen Harrison
1925 portrait of Harrison by Théo van Rysselberghe
Born	(1850-09-09)9 September 1850 Cottingham, Yorkshire, England
Died	15 April 1928(1928-04-15) (aged 77) Bloomsbury, England
Resting place	St Marylebone cemetery, East Finchley
Alma mater	Cheltenham Ladies' College; Newnham College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)	Classicist and linguist
Organization(s)	Lecturer, Newnham College, 1898–1922
Known for	One of the founders of modern studies in Greek mythology
Awards	Two honorary doctorates, an LLD from University of Aberdeen in 1895 and DLitt from the University of Durham in 1897.

Jane Ellen Harrison (9 September 1850 – 15 April 1928) was a British classical scholar and linguist. With Karl Kerenyi and Walter Burkert, Harrison is one of the founders of modern studies in Ancient Greek religion and mythology. She applied 19th-century archaeological discoveries to the interpretation of ancient Greek religion in ways that have become standard. She has also been credited with being the first woman to obtain a post in England as a 'career academic'.^[1][2][3] Harrison argued for women's suffrage but thought she would never want to vote herself.^[4] Ellen Wordsworth Crofts, later second wife of Sir Francis Darwin, was Jane Harrison's best friend from her student days at Newnham, and during the period from 1898 to her death in 1928.