Ruth Hughey
Ruth Hughey | |
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| Born | September 11, 1899 Gentry, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | April 29, 1980 (aged 80) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Relatives | James T. Laney (nephew) |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellow (1935) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater |
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| Thesis | Cultural interests of women in England from 1524 to 1640 indicated in the writings of the women: a survey (1932) |
| Academic work | |
| Sub-discipline | John Harington |
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Ruth Willard Hughey[1] (September 11, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was an American literary scholar. A 1935 Guggenheim Fellow, she was editor of The Arundel Harington Manuscript of Tudor Poetry (1960) and John Harington of Stepney: Tudor Gentleman, His Life and Works (1971). She taught English as part of the faculty of Henderson-Brown College, Grenada College, the University of Missouri, and Ohio State University, becoming professor emeritus at the latter.
Biography
Hughey was born on September 11, 1899, in Gentry, Arkansas.[2] She obtained a BA from Galloway Female College in 1920, an MA from Columbia University in 1921, and after summer studies at Northwestern University in 1925, a PhD in 1932 from Cornell University.[2] Her doctoral dissertation was titled Cultural interests of women in England from 1524 to 1640 indicated in the writings of the women: a survey.[3]
After teaching English and Latin at St. Mary's Episcopal School from 1921 to 1923, Hughey worked as an English teacher at Henderson-Brown College (1923-1924), Grenada College (1924-1926), and the University of Missouri (1926-1929).[2] She was a 1932-1933 American Association of University Women Margaret E. Maltby.[2] She later worked at Ohio State University, eventually becoming a professor emeritus.[1]
In 1935, Hughey was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to edit John Harington's poetry manuscript and study his role in literary history.[2] Her annotated version of the manuscript, The Arundel Harington Manuscript of Tudor Poetry, was published by Ohio State University Press in 1960.[1][a] She donated her original transcriptions to Ohio State University Libraries in 1972.[1] In 1971, she published the book John Harington of Stepney: Tudor Gentleman, His Life and Works.[b]
Hughey died on April 29, 1980 in Atlanta,[4] where she had moved following her retirement.[1] Her nephew was James T. Laney, who served as president of Emory University and United States Ambassador to South Korea.[4]
Bibliography
- The Arundel Harington Manuscript of Tudor Poetry (1960)[a]
- John Harington of Stepney: Tudor Gentleman, His Life and Works (1971)[b]
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e "Special Collections Registry". library.osu.edu. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "Ruth Hughey". Guggenheim Fellowships. Archived from the original on October 4, 2025. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
- ^ Hughey, Ruth Willard (1932). Cultural interests of women in England from 1524 to 1640 indicated in the writings of the women: a survey (PhD thesis). Cornell University. OCLC 17448243.
- ^ a b "Dr. Ruth Hughey, Ex-Professor, Dies". The Atlanta Journal. April 30, 1980. p. 7C. Retrieved September 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bush, Douglas (1961). "The Arundel Harington Manuscript of Tudor Poetry, ed. Ruth Hughey. 2 vols". Renaissance News. 14 (3): 183–184. doi:10.2307/2858201. ISSN 0277-903X.
- ^ Harrier, Richard C. (1962). "Review of The Arundel Harington Manuscript of Tudor Poetry". The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 61 (2): 377–381. ISSN 0363-6941. JSTOR 27714029.
- ^ Robertson, Jean (1962). "REVIEWS". The Review of English Studies. XIII (52): 403–406. doi:10.1093/res/XIII.52.403. ISSN 0034-6551.
- ^ Epperson, James A. (1972). "Ruth Hughey. John Harington of Stepney: Tudor Gentleman, His Life and Works". Renaissance Quarterly. 25 (4): 488–491. doi:10.2307/2859143. ISSN 0034-4338.
- ^ Pendry, E. D. (1974). "Review of John Harington of Stepney, Tudor Gentleman: His Life and Works". The Yearbook of English Studies. 4: 260–262. doi:10.2307/3506711. ISSN 0306-2473. JSTOR 3506711.