Nationality United States Role Archaeologist | Name Mabel Lang Institutions Bryn Mawr College | |
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Born November 12, 1917 ( 1917-11-12 ) Fields Classical Greek archaeology Alma mater Columbia University
Bryn Mawr College Died July 21, 2010, Bryn Mawr, Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, United States Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada Books The Athenian Citizen, Weights - measures - and tokens, Thucydidean Narrative and Disc, Graffiti in the Athenian, Waterworks in the Athenian | ||
Education Bryn Mawr College (1943) | ||
Mabel Louise Lang (November 12, 1917 – July 21, 2010) was an American archaeologist and scholar of Classical Greek and Mycenaean culture. She served on the faculty of Bryn Mawr College until 1991 and was professor emerita there until her death. She was the author of several books on Classical Greek law and culture, and was a contributor to the deciphering of the Linear B inscriptions found at Pylos. She received her A.B. from Columbia University in 1939 and her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr in 1943. She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1981.
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