Eugénie Sellers Strong
Eugenie Sellers Strong | |
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| Born | Eugenie Sellers 25 March 1860 London |
| Died | 16 September 1943 (aged 83) Rome, Italy |
| Resting place | Campo Verano cemetery in Rome |
| Alma mater | Girton College, Cambridge |
| Occupations | Art Historian, Classical Scholar and Archaeologist |
| Employer(s) | The Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth House and the British School at Rome |
| Known for | British School at Rome |
| Spouse | Sandford Arthur Strong (married 1897 to his death in 1904) |
Eugénie Sellers Strong CBE (née Sellers; 25 March 1860 – 16 September 1943) was a British archaeologist and art historian. She was assistant director of the British School at Rome from 1909 to 1925. After studying at Girton College, Cambridge, in 1890 she became the first female student admitted to the British School at Athens; she continued art historical studies in Germany under Adolf Furtwängler. In 1897 she married art historian Sandford Arthur Strong. She contributed to the catalogue of the 1903 Burlington Fine Arts Club "Greek Art" Exhibition, and wrote several books on classical art and sculpture.