Millicent Barton Rex
American historian
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Millicent Barton Rex (November 3, 1901 – May 5, 1966) was an American historian and educator, who taught at the Madeira School in Virginia.
Millicent Barton Rex | |
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Millicent Barton Rex, from the 1924 yearbook of Wellesley College | |
| Born | November 3, 1901 Waterford, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | May 5, 1966 (age 64) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Occupations | Historian, educator |
Early life and education
Rex was born in Waterford, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Frank Clayton Rex[1] and Mary Barton Rex.[2] She graduated from Girls' High School in Reading in 1919,[3] and from Wellesley College in 1924.[4] She earned a master's degree and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Her doctoral dissertation was titled "University Representation in England, 1604-1690" (1952).[5]
Career
Rex taught history at the Madeira School in Greenway, Virginia, for 34 years.[6][7] In 1945 she eceived a fellowship from the American Association of University Women.[8][9] She held a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1960.[10]
Publications
- "Old Heidelberg Reminds Visitor of Reading Scenes" (1932)[11]
- "Western Pennsylvania in 1836 as seen by a Vermont Doctor" (1933)[12]
- "Three Letters of a Century Ago" (1939)[13]
- "The Long Paper in History" (1944)[14]
- "The University Constituencies in the Recent British Election" (1946)[15]
- University Representation in England, 1604-1690 (1954, based on her dissertation)[16]
Personal life
Rex died in 1966, at the age of 64, in Washington, D.C.[6]