Anne Draffkorn Kilmer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1931 |
| Died | 2023 (aged 92) |
| Occupation | Professor of Assyriology |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1961, 1962) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D.) |
| Thesis | Hurrians and Hurrian at Alalakh: An Ethnolinguistic Analysis (1959) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ephraim Avigdor Speiser |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Scholar of Ancient Mesopotamia |
| Sub-discipline | Ancient Music, games, mathematics, and Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform texts |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
Anne Draffkorn Kilmer (1931 – 2023) was an American historian of the ancient Near East who served as a professor of Assyriology at the University of California, Berkeley.[1] She was an expert in ancient Mesopotamian culture, specifically Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform texts and the history of ancient music, games, and mathematics.[2][3] In 1963, she became the first woman appointed to a tenure-track position in what is now the Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures department at the University of California, Berkeley.[4] She later became curator of the Babylonian collection in the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, formerly the Lowie Museum. She rose to the rank of Professor, served as chair of her department three times, and acted as dean of humanities.[3]
- ^ "Anne Draffkorn Kilmer (1931-2023)". melc.berkeley.edu. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ Gale (2002). Directory of American Scholars (10th ed.). Detroit: Gale. ISBN 0-7876-7692-6.
- ^ a b Wolfgang Heimpel, Gabriella Szabo (2011). Strings and Threads: A Celebration of the Life of Anne Draffkorn Kilmer. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. p. VII. ISBN 9781575062273.
- ^ "Anne Draffkorn Kilmer (1931-2023)". melc.berkeley.edu. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 6 November 2023.