Mary Hamilton Swindler
Mary Hamilton Swindler (January 2, 1884 – January 16, 1967) was an American
archaeologist, classical art scholar, author, and professor of classical
archaeology, most notably at
Bryn Mawr College, the
University of Pennsylvania, and the
University of Michigan. Swindler also founded the Ella Riegel Memorial Museum at Bryn Mawr College. She participated in various archaeological excavations in
Greece,
Egypt, and
Turkey. The recipient of several awards and honors for her research, Swindler's seminal work was ''Ancient Painting, from the Earliest Times to the Period of Christian Art'' (1929).
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