Sara Anderson Immerwahr

Sara Anderson Immerwahr (born August 28, 1914, in Royersford, Pennsylvania; died June 25, 2008, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina) was an American Classical archaeologist.[1][2]

Sara Anderson Immerwahr
Born(1914-08-28)August 28, 1914
Royersford, Pennsylvania
DiedJune 25, 2008(2008-06-25) (aged 93)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArchaeologist and art historian
Spouse(s)Henry Rudolph Immerwahr
Academic background
EducationMount Holyoke College
Alma materBryn Mawr College
ThesisThe Mycenaean Pictorial Style of Vase Painting in the Thirteenth Century B.C. (1943)
Academic work
DisciplineClassical archaeology
InstitutionsThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Immerwahr earned her bachelor's degree from Mount Holyoke College in 1935 and her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College in 1943 with a dissertation entitled "The Mycenaean Pictorial Style of Vase Painting in the Thirteenth Century B.C."[3]

She was married to Henry Rudolph Immerwahr from 1944 until her death. She served as faculty member in both classics and art history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[4]

Scholarship
  • 1990. Aegean painting in the Bronze Age. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press.
  • 2004. Sara Anderson Immerwahr and Anne Proctor Chapin. Charis: essays in honor of Sara A. Immerwahr. Princeton NJ: American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Students
  1. 1972. Gesell, Geraldine C. The Archaeological Evidence for the Minoan House Cult and its Survival in Iron Age Crete. Ph.D., Department of Classics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  2. 1974. Cross, Toni Marie. Bronze Tripods and Related Stands in the Eastern Mediterranean from the Twelfth Through Seventh Centuries BC. Ph.D., Department of Classics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  3. 1975. Mattusch, Carol C. Casting Techniques of Greek Bronze Sculpture: Foundries and Foundry Remains from the Athenian Agora with Reference to Other Ancient Sources. Ph.D., Department of Classics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  4. 1981. Haskell, Halford W. The Coarse Ware Stirrup Jars of Crete and the Cyclades. Ph.D., Department of Classics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  5. 1981. Sutton, Robert F. The Interaction Between Men and Women Portrayed on Attic Red-figure Pottery. Ph.D., Department of Classics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

References
  1. "Sally Anderson Immerwahr (1914-2008)". www.ascsa.edu.gr. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens. June 30, 2008.
  2. Richard F. Liebhart. "Biography of Sara A. Immerwahr." Hesperia Supplements Vol. 33, ΧΑΡΙΣ: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr (2004), pp. XIII-XVI https://www.jstor.org/stable/1354058
  3. "Sara Immerwahr - Department of Classics - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill". classics.unc.edu. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  4. Richard F. Liebhart. "Biography of Sara A. Immerwahr." Hesperia Supplements Vol. 33, ΧΑΡΙΣ: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr (2004), pp. XIII-XVI https://www.jstor.org/stable/1354058
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