Shear, Josephine Platner

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July 3, 1901 - February 11, 1967

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Josephine Platner Shear was an American classical archaeologist. She received her B.A. from Wellesley College in 1924 and her M.A. from Columbia University in 1928. She was a fellow at the American School for Classical Studies in Athens from 1939-40. She excavated primarily in Corinth, but also published on the coinage of Athens. In 1931, she married Theodore Leslie Shear. They had one child, Theodore Leslie Shear, Jr (1938).

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