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Margarete Bieber

*1879 Schönau, 1978 New Canaan

 

1902-04 Studies in Greek Art, Latin and Art History in Berlin and Bonn

1907 Dissertation "Das Dresdner Schauspielerelief. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des tragischen Costüms und der griechischen Kunst".

1909/10 Travel scholarship of the German Archaeological Institute

1916-18 Private lessons in Berlin, among her students is Erwin Panofsky

1919 Habilitation in Giessen "Die Denkmäler zum Theaterwesen im Altertum"

1931 Associate professorship in Giessen

1933 Dismissal due to her Jewish descent, emigration via Great Britain to the USA

1935-48 Assistant Professorship at Columbia University

1940 American citizenship

1949-51 Lectureship at Princeton

1957 Honorary Senator of JLU