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Dorothy Burr Thompson

Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian (died 2001)

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Born
August 19, 1900
Died
May 10, 2001
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1900

About Dorothy Burr Thompson

Dorothy Burr Thompson was an American classical archaeologist and art historian at Bryn Mawr College and a leading authority on Hellenistic terracotta figurines. In 1925 Thompson discovered a beehive tomb that proved to be the burial place of the king and queen of Midea. In 1932 Thompson was appointed the first female Fellow of the Athenian Agora excavations. Burr Thompson had three daughters between 1935 and 1938, but found time to remain involved during the same period in the Athenian Agora excavations, where she discovered the garden of the Temple of Hephaistos in 1936. She graduated summa cum laude in 1923, the first graduate with a major in Greek and archaeology, and was awarded the college's European Fellowship.

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Dorothy Burr Thompson timeline

  1. She graduated summa cum laude in 1923, the first graduate with a major in Greek and archaeology, and was awarded the college's European Fellowship.
  2. In 1925 Thompson discovered a beehive tomb that proved to be the burial place of the king and queen of Midea.
  3. In 1932 Thompson was appointed the first female Fellow of the Athenian Agora excavations.
  4. Burr Thompson had three daughters between 1935 and 1938, but found time to remain involved during the same period in the Athenian Agora excavations, where she discovered the garden of the Temple of Hephaistos in 1936.

The world when Dorothy Burr Thompson was born

Dorothy Burr Thompson was born in 1900. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1900

  • Best-selling book"To Have and to Hold" – Mary Johnston

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Davis Cup tennis tournament
  • Top headlineGalveston Hurricane kills 8,000+ — deadliest US disaster
  • Technology milestoneFirst zeppelin flight
  • World population~1.6B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population76.2M

1900 versus 2026

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Measure19002026
Average income$438$67,500
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population76.2M341 million

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