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Lily Bess Campbell

Lily Bess Campbell (June 20, 1883 – February 18, 1967) was an American educator and Shakespeare scholar. She was an English professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1922 to 1950.

Lily Bess Campbell
A young white woman wearing a white blouse and dark jacket
Lily Beth Campbell, from the 1905 yearbook of the University of Texas
BornJune 20, 1883
Ada, Ohio, U.S.
DiedFebruary 18, 1967 (age 83)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Educator, literary scholar

Early life and education

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Campbell was born in Ada, Ohio,[1] and raised in Texas, the daughter of Zephaniah Beall Campbell and Anna Barrington Campbell. Her father was a Presbyterian minister. She graduated from the University of Texas in 1905,[2] and earned a master's degree there in 1906. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta at Texas.[3] She completed doctoral studies at the University of Chicago in 1921, encouraged by the example of Myra Reynolds.[4]

Career

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Campbell taught English at the University of Wisconsin from 1911 to 1918, and worked for the YWCA as a regional executive secretary from 1918 to 1920. She was a professor of English at UCLA from 1922 to 1950. One of her students was choreographer Agnes De Mille.[5]

 
Campbell Hall, UCLA, northern entrance

Campbell held a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1951.[6] She received an Achievement Award from the American Association of University Women in 1960,[7] and was named Woman of the Year by the Los Angeles Times in 1962. "She is erudite without being dull; profound without being solemn, and she frequently brings to bear a flashing and satirical wit," wrote Louis B. Wright of the Folger Shakespeare Library in describing Campbell. "Pompous dullards rarely escape unseared."[5]

Publications

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  • The Grotesque in the Poetry of Robert Browning (1907)[8]
  • Scenes and Machines on the English Stage during the Renaissance, a Classical Revival (1923)[9]
  • These Are My Jewels (1929, novel)[10]
  • Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes, Slaves of Passion (1930)[11]
  • "Theories of Revenge in Elizabethan England" (1931)[12]
  • The Mirror for Magistrates (1938, critical edition edited by Campbell)[13]
  • Shakespeare's "Histories"; Mirrors of Elizabethan Policy (1947)[14]
  • Essays Critical And Historical Dedicated to Lily B. Campbell (1950, festschrift in her honor)[15]
  • Divine Poetry and Drama in Sixteenth-Century England (1959)[16]

Personal life and legacy

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Campbell died in 1967, at the age of 83, in Los Angeles.[1][17] Her papers are in the special collections library at UCLA.[18] Campbell Hall on the UCLA campus is named in her honor.[19][20]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lily B. Campbell, Scholar, 83, Dies; Writer on Shakespeare and His Age Taught at U.C.L.A." The New York Times. February 19, 1967. p. 88. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  2. ^ University of Texas at Austin, Cactus (1905 yearbook): 49.
  3. ^ "Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae". The Houston Post. 1919-01-15. p. 11. Retrieved 2024-09-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Rolfe, Franklin P., Swedenberg, H. T., and Phillips, James E., "Lily Bess Campbell, English: Los Angeles" In Memoriam (May 1968).
  5. ^ a b Kirsch, Robert R. (1962-12-19). "UCLA's Dr. Campbell Stars in Teacher Role". The Los Angeles Times. pp. 59, 66. Retrieved 2024-09-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Lily Bess Campbell". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  7. ^ "Scholar Praises Role of Research". Evening Star. 1960-06-23. p. 61. Retrieved 2024-09-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Campbell, Lily Bess (1907). ...The Grotesque in the Poetry of Robert Browning... University of Texas.
  9. ^ Campbell, Lily Bess. Scenes and Machines on the English Stage during the Renaissance. Barnes and Noble, 1960.
  10. ^ Campbell, Lily Bess (1929). These are My Jewels. Norton.
  11. ^ Campbell, Lily Bess (1995). Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes Slaves of Passion. CUP Archive.
  12. ^ Campbell, Lily Bess. "Theories of Revenge in Elizabethan England." Modern Philology 28 (1931): 281-96.
  13. ^ Campbell, Lily Bess. The Mirror for Magistrates: Edited from Original Texts in the Huntington Library. Barnes and Noble, 1960.
  14. ^ Campbell, Lily Bess (2005). Shakespeare's Histories: Mirrors of Elizabethan Policy. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-35310-6.
  15. ^ University of California, Los Angeles Department of English (1950). Essays Critical and Historical Dedicated to Lily B. Campbell, by Members of the Departments of English, University of California. University of California Press.
  16. ^ Campbell, Lily B. (2011-02-03). Divine Poetry and Drama in Sixteenth-Century England. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13701-0.
  17. ^ "Lily Bess Campbell Dies; Shakespearean Scholar". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1967-02-19. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-09-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Finding Aid for the Lily Bess Campbell papers, 1907-1968". Online Archive of California. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  19. ^ "Lily Bess Campbell". UCLA Newsroom. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  20. ^ Deckard, Emmi (August 6, 2020). "Petition to rename Campbell Hall for Black Panthers killed in 1960s gains support". Daily Bruin. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
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