Inez Scott Ryberg, Gainesville Florida, at work on her book on Roman Imperial reliefs

Prof. Ryberg with her class in her apartment at Vassar, about 1958. Courtesy C.M. Havelock.

Inez Scott Ryberg about 1958. Courtesy C.M. Havelock

Inez Ryberg

Inez Scott was born in 1901 in Iowa and was educated at the University of Minnesota where she received both BA and MA degrees and received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. She then spent two years at the American Academy in Rome during which time she traveled extensively throughout Greece and Europe. Throughout her life she was actively interested in the Academy. Becoming a member of the Classics Department at Vassar College, she taught there from 1921 to 1965 where she was awarded the Sarah Mills Raynor Chair in Latin. Ryberg was a member of the American Philological Association and the Archaeological Institute of America and published widely. Champion of the unique traditions of Roman art and architecture, religion and ritual, she suffered a stroke in 1963 and died in 1980.

Author of biography: Christine M. Havelock
Includes bibliography? Yes

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