Caroline Brown Bourland
Caroline Brown Bourland | |
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Born | June 4, 1871 Peoria, Illinois |
Died | February 28, 1956 Oconomowoc, Wisconsin |
Occupation(s) | College professor, scholar of Spanish |
Caroline Brown Bourland (June 4, 1871 – February 28, 1956) was an American college professor. She taught for over twenty years at Smith College, where she was instrumental in the progression of the Spanish department into its own department. Bourland was a respected Spanish scholar.
Early life and education
She was born in
Career
A teacher in Pueblo, Colorado, from 1893 to 1894. She was later a teacher of French and German in Mrs. Starrett's School, Oak Park, Illinois, 1895–96 and at a high school in Peoria, Illinois, from 1896 to 1897. Bourland was an instructor, from 1902 to 1906, and later an associate professor of Spanish and French from 1906 at Smith College, where she would serve until her retirement in 1939.
Bourland was instrumental in the progression of the Spanish department at Smith into its own department.[1][3] At Smith College, she focused on short stories in Spain.[1] Bourland orchestrated an exchange program between a school in Madrid and Smith, in the hopes that her American students would learn to love Spain as she did.[3]
Death and legacy
Bourland died on February 28, 1956, in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. In reporting her death, the Hispanic Review described Bourland as "one of the most favorably known women in American Hispanism, a keen and articulate personality, a devoted educator and a distinguished scholar."[1]
Bibliography
Most widely held works by Caroline Brown Bourland:
- The short story in Spain in the seventeenth century, with a bibliography of the novela from 1576 to 1700 , 1927
- The case of Sancho de Almazán and Juan de la Cámara versus the Crown of Castile and the Town Council of Arenas (1514) , 1947
- The Guild of St. Ambrose, or Schoolmasters' Guild of Antwerp, 1529-1579, 1951
References
External links
- Catherine Brown Bourland Papers at the Smith College Archives, Smith College Special Collections