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Academic specialist in medieval Burgundian sculpture, particularly Claus Sluter, as well as medieval painting and illumination and costume studies.

Vassar Professor of Art and Director of the Vassar Art Gallery.

Religious poet and nun

Esteemed Chinese empress who dedicated her life to serving as a stabilizing force and wise advisor within the imperial court.

Polish historian and the first woman to be awarded a Doctorate of Philosophy at the University of Zurich

French art historian and ethnographer Agnès Humbert was also a member of the French Resistance during World War II.

Irish agriculturist, writer and politician

Irish historian and antiquary

No other New Zealand writer has so convincingly depicted the life and times of Auckland in the years between the wars.

Australian classical scholar