Mary Lathrop Benton | |
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Born | February 26, 1864 Bhamdoun, Mount Lebanon, Syria (now part of Lebanon) |
Died | August 12, 1955 Berkeley, California, U.S. |
Citizenship | U.S. |
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Parent(s) | Rev. William Austin Benton & Mrs. Loanza Goulding Benton, missionaries |
Relatives | William Benton (nephew) |
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Education | University of Minnesota (A.B., 1885) |
Alma mater | Smith College (Honorary Doctor of Humanities, 1914) |
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Mary Lathrop Benton (1864–1955) was a Syrian-born American professor of Latin and French at Smith College. She also served as Dean of Women at Carleton College.[1]