Agnes Kirsopp Lake Michels

Agnes Kirsopp Lake Michels (1909 – November 30, 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina) known as "Nan" to her friends, was a leading twentieth century scholar of Roman religion and daily life and a daughter of the Biblical scholar Kirsopp Lake (1872-1946).

Michels earned her bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in Latin from Bryn Mawr College, where she was also a member of the faculty from 1934 until 1975. After her retirement she frequently taught courses at Duke University as well as at the University of North Carolina.

She spent time in Rome as a Fellow of the American Academy in the company of Lily Ross Taylor. During her career, Roman religion was the focus of her research. It led to her landmark book, still consulted by scholars as a work of authority, "The Calendar of the Roman Republic" (Princeton, 1967).

References

* Obituary by Russell T. Scott in "Bryn Mawr Classical Review" [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1993/04.05.43.html]
* Biography and bibliography written by Jerzy Linderski in "Classical Journal" 92.4 (1997) 323-345.