Margaret Reesor
Margaret E. Reesor | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Bryn Mawr College |
| Thesis | The political theory of the old and middle Stoa (1951) |
Margaret Elaine Reesor (3 May 1924 - 21 January 2010) was a classics professor who is known for her work on pre-Socratic, Stoic, and Epicurean philosophers.
Early life
Reesor was born on May 3rd 1924 in Toronto, Canada.[1]
Career
Reesor received her B.A. and M.A. from the University of Toronto in 1945 and 1946 respectively, and was awarded her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College in 1951. From 1950 to 1953 she worked as instructor in classics at Wells College. She then worked in the Woman's College at the University of North Carolina from 1954 to 1958, before joining the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill until 1960.[1] Reesor then became the first woman to teach at the University of Kentucky, remaining there until 1961. From 1961 until 1987 she worked at Queen's University, Ontario, acting as a lecturer. She also worked as a visiting fellow at Princeton University from 1973 to 1974 and from 1980 to 1981.[1]
Death
Reesor died on the 21 January 2010, in Kingston, Canada.[1]
Selected publications
- Reesor, Margaret E. (1951). The political theory of the old and middle Stoa. New York: J.J Augustin. OCLC 360247.[2]
- Reesor, Margaret E. (1951). "The "Indifferents" in the Old and Middle Stoa". Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. 82: 102–110. doi:10.2307/283423. JSTOR 283423. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
- Reesor, Margaret E. (1954). "The Stoic Concept of Quality". The American Journal of Philology. 75 (1): 40–58. doi:10.2307/291904. JSTOR 291904. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
- Reesor, Margaret E. (1965). "Fate and Possibility in Early Stoic Philosophy". Phoenix. 19 (4): 285–297. doi:10.2307/1085828. JSTOR 1085828. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
- Reesor, Margaret E. (1989). The Nature of Man in Early Stoic Philosophy. London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-0-7156-2256-8.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Gordon, Laura. "REESOR, Margaret Elaine". Database of Classical Scholars | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
- ^ Reviews of The political theory of the old and middle Stoa
- MacKendrick, Paul (1953). "Review of The Political Theory of the Old and Middle Stoa". The Classical Weekly. 46 (8): 125–126. doi:10.2307/4343340. ISSN 1940-641X. JSTOR 4343340.
- de Lacy, Phillip (1953). "Review of The Political Theory of the Old and Middle Stoa". Classical Philology. 48 (1): 59–60. ISSN 0009-837X. JSTOR 265673.
- van den Bruwaene, M. (1952). "Review of The political theory of the old and middle Stoa". Latomus. 11 (3): 392–393. ISSN 0023-8856. JSTOR 41520009.
- ^ Reviews of The Nature of Man in Early Stoic Philosophy
- Gould, Josiah B. (1990). "Review of The Nature of Man in Early Stoic Philosophy". The Review of Metaphysics. 44 (2): 429–430. ISSN 0034-6632. JSTOR 20129038.
- Hahm, David E. (1991). "Review of The Nature of Man in Early Stoic Philosophy". Phoenix. 45 (4): 383–384. doi:10.2307/1088115. ISSN 0031-8299. JSTOR 1088115.
- Konstan, David (1991). "Review of The Nature of Man in Early Stoic Philosophy". The Classical World. 84 (5): 421. doi:10.2307/4350896. ISSN 0009-8418. JSTOR 4350896.