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Aurner, Nellie

 Person

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Biography

Nellie S. Aurner was born in 1874 in Eldora, Iowa. At the State University of Iowa, she earned B.Ph., MFA and Ph.D. degrees. Later she was a dean of women at SUI and in 1935 she became a professor in English. She is the author of several books, including Hengest, A Study in Early English Hero Legend and Caxton: Mirrour of Fifteenth-Century Letters. She translated the dedications of Matteo Bandello, but these were not published. Nellie Aurner died in 1961 at the age of 87.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Nellie Aurner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: msc0784
Scope and Contents

There are no contents, the information for this collection has been moved to the Iowa Author's Manuscript Collection, MsC0869.

Dates: -
Found in: University of Iowa Special Collections