Ruth Scodel

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Full Name	Ruth Scodel
Occupation	Classical Philologist
Date Of Birth	Feb 29, 1952(1952-02-29)
Age	72
Birthplace	Columbus
Country	United States
Horoscope	Aquarius

Ruth Scodel Biography

Ruth Scodel is one of the most popular and richest Classical Philologist who was born on February 29, 1952 in Columbus, United States. Ruth Scodel studied at University of California, Berkeley (B.A. 1973). She was awarded her PhD by Harvard University (1978), with a PhD thesis entitled The Trojan Trilogy of Euripides. From 1978–83 she was an assistant professor at Harvard University, and an associate professor from 1984–5.

Scodel joined the faculty of University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1984, where she became Professor of Greek and Latin in 1987. In 2005 Scodel was elected the D.R. Shackleton Bailey Professor of Greek Language and Literature. Scodel was the seventh A. G. Leventis Professor in Greek at the University of Edinburgh in 2011–12, and under these auspices held the conference ‘What’s Greek about Ancient Greek Narrative’ from 27–30 October 2011.

Ruth Scodel Net Worth

Ruth Scodel is one of the richest Classical Philologist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ruth Scodel 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Among other prizes for teaching and mentoring, Scodel won the Michigan Humanities Award (1997–98) and the Gildersleeve Prize (1998). She has been active in service to the Society for Classical Studies (formerly the American Philological Association) – she was president of the Society in 2007, and has served on the Editorial Board for Monographs (1982–5), as Vice President for Publications (1996-9), and on the Nominating Committee (2008–14). She was honoured in 2018 with the “APA/SCS Distinguished Service Award”, in recognition of the service to this organisation which she had carried out throughout her career. Scodel was president of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South from 2014–5. In 2017 Scodel was awarded the “Lifetime Achievement Award” by Eta Sigma Phi, the national Classics honorary society.

In 1998 Scodel’s article “Bardic Performance and Oral Tradition in Homer,” won the Gildersleeve Prize (American Journal of Philology), for work described as “an important contribution not only to the reading of Homer but also to narratological theory”.

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Ruth Ranked on the list of most popular Classical Philologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ruth Scodel celebrates birthday on February 29 of every year.