Louise Ropes Loomis
Louise Ropes Loomis | |
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| Born | May 3, 1874 Yokohama, Japan |
| Died | January 2, 1958 (aged 83) Pomfret, Connecticut, US |
| Occupations | Historian, editor, translator, college professor |
| Known for | Professor at Wells College, co-founder of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians |
| Relatives | Roger Sherman Loomis (brother); Evarts G. Loomis (nephew); Gertrude Schoepperle (sister-in-law); Laura Hibbard Loomis (sister-in-law) |
Louise Ropes Loomis (May 3, 1874 – January 2, 1958) was an American historian, classicist, and translator. She was a professor of history at Wells College from 1921 to 1940, and editor of Classics Club Publications from the 1920s until 1949. In 1930, she co-founded the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians with Louise Fargo Brown.