![]() Early career Īfter working as a teacher for four years at academic institution in the states of North Carolina and Delaware, she followed her passion for Greece and its ancient culture, pursuing further studies in Classics at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece. After attending the Prospect Hill School in Greenfield, she went on to graduate from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1892 with a degree in Classics (specializing in Greek). She was first introduced to the study of Classics by her brother, Alex. ![]() Her mother died when she was a child, and so Harriet was raised by her father alongside her four older brothers. ![]() Harriet Ann Boyd was born in Boston, Massachusetts. ![]() She was also the second person to have the honor of the Agnes Hoppin Memorial Fellowship bestowed upon her, and the very first female archeologist to speak at the Archaeological Institute of America. She is best known as the discoverer and first director of Gournia, one of the first archaeological excavations to uncover a Minoan settlement and palace on the Aegean island of Crete. Harriet Ann Boyd Hawes (Octo– March 31, 1945) was a pioneering American archaeologist, nurse, relief worker, and professor. ![]()
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