Millicent Barton Rex

Millicent Barton Rex
Millicent Barton Rex, from the 1924 yearbook of Wellesley College
BornNovember 3, 1901
Waterford, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMay 5, 1966 (age 64)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
OccupationsHistorian, educator

Millicent Barton Rex (November 3, 1901 – May 5, 1966) was an American historian and educator, who taught at the Madeira School in Virginia.

Early life and education

Rex was born in Waterford, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Frank Clayton Rex[1] and Mary Barton Rex.[2] She graduated from Girls' High School in Reading in 1919,[3] and from Wellesley College in 1924.[4] She earned a master's degree and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Her doctoral dissertation was titled "University Representation in England, 1604-1690" (1952).[5]

Career

Rex taught history at the Madeira School in Greenway, Virginia, for 34 years.[6][7] In 1945 she eceived a fellowship from the American Association of University Women.[8][9] She held a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1960.[10]

Publications

  • "Old Heidelberg Reminds Visitor of Reading Scenes" (1932)[11]
  • "Western Pennsylvania in 1836 as seen by a Vermont Doctor" (1933)[12]
  • "Three Letters of a Century Ago" (1939)[13]
  • "The Long Paper in History" (1944)[14]
  • "The University Constituencies in the Recent British Election" (1946)[15]
  • University Representation in England, 1604-1690 (1954, based on her dissertation)[16]

Personal life

Rex died in 1966, at the age of 64, in Washington, D.C.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Obituary: Frank Clayton Rex". The Morning Call. 1920-12-17. p. 25. Retrieved 2025-09-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Honors for Miss Rex". Reading Times. 1921-11-26. p. 13. Retrieved 2025-09-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Girls' High Commencement is Heald at the Colonial". Reading Times. 1919-06-13. p. 12. Retrieved 2025-09-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Wellesley College, Legenda Archived 2021-12-05 at the Wayback Machine (1924 yearbook): 98.
  5. ^ Rex, Millicent Barton. University representation in England, 1604-1690. Columbia University, 1952.
  6. ^ a b "Millicent Rex, School History Dept. Head". The Washington Daily News. 1966-05-06. p. 45. Retrieved 2025-09-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "History Columnist Has Strong Credentials". The Commercial Appeal. 1987-09-03. p. 60. Retrieved 2025-09-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "AAUW Announces Annual Fellowship Awards for Women". Stillwater News-Press. 1945-06-01. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-09-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "D. C. Woman Among 19 Given AAUW Awards". The Washington Daily News. 1945-05-22. p. 14. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
  10. ^ "Guggenheim Fellowships: Supporting Artists, Scholars, & Scientists". www.gf.org. Archived from the original on 2025-10-04. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
  11. ^ Rex, Millicent B. (1932-01-02). "Old Heidelberg Reminds Visitor of Reading Scenes". Reading Times. p. 8. Retrieved 2025-09-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Rex, Millicent Barton. "Notes and Documents: Western Pennsylvania in 1836 as Seen by a Vermont Doctor." Western Pennsylvania History (1933): 282-291.
  13. ^ Rex, Millicent B. "Three Letters of a Century Ago." Western Pennsylvania History (1939): 263-278.
  14. ^ Rex, Millicent B. "The long paper in history." Social Education 1, no. 2 (1944): 113-115.
  15. ^ Rex, Millicent B. (1946). "The University Constituencies in the Recent British Election". The Journal of Politics. 8 (2): 201–211. doi:10.2307/2125896. ISSN 0022-3816.
  16. ^ Latham, R. C. (1955). "Review of University Representation in England 1604-1690". The English Historical Review. 70 (276): 488–490. ISSN 0013-8266.
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