Mary Aquinas Devlin | |
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Born |
Denver, Colorado, U.S. | January 27, 1891
Died | May 14, 1966
Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. | (aged 75)
Occupation | Religious studies scholar |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Thesis | The date of the C-version of Piers the Plowman (1925) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Religious studies |
Sub-discipline | Thomas Brinton |
Institutions |
Mary Aquinas Devlin OP (January 27, 1891 – May 14, 1966) was an American Dominican academic who was Professor of English at Rosary College from 1928 until her death. A Guggenheim Fellow, she was a scholar on medieval Bishop of Rochester Thomas Brinton.
Devlin was born on January 27, 1891, in Denver, Colorado. [1] She was the daughter of James and Ellen Devlin, both born in Wisconsin to Irish-born parents. [2] [3] In 1912, she received her BA at Saint Clara College. [1] She later moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin, [2] and she received her MA at University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1914 and worked as a teacher at Sacred Heart Academy (1912–14, 1915–18) and at St. Clara Female Academy (1918–21). [1]
After briefly returning to Saint Clara College to work as an instructor in English (1921–1922), Devlin returned to the Midwest to work at Rosary College; [1] there, she was Associate Professor of English until 1928, when she was promoted to Professor, serving until her death. [1] [4] She was also head of the College's Department of English some time in 1930. [2] In 1925, while working at Rosary College, she received her PhD at the nearby University of Chicago. [1] Her dissertation was titled The date of the C-version of Piers the Plowman. [5]
In 1930, Devlin was appointed as a Guggenheim Fellow to spend twelve months in England studying Thomas Brinton's life and legacy and editing his sermons. [1] She published two academic articles on Brinton's sermons. [6] [7] She was the editor of both of Camden Series volumes of The Sermons of Thomas Brinton, Bishop of Rochester, 1373-1389 (volumes 85 and 86), published in 1954. [8]
Devlin died on May 14, 1966, in Dubuque, Iowa. [4] Her mass was held at the Sinsinawa Motherhouse in Sinsinawa, Wisconsin, on May 17. [4]