Lucy C. Turnbull
{{Short description|American classical scholar (1931–2019)}}
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| name = Lucy C. Turnbull
| image = LucyCTurnbull1963.png
| alt = A white woman wearing short hair and glasses, looking downward; from a 1963 newspaper.
| caption = Lucy C. Turnbull, from a 1963 newspaper.
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| birth_date = May 26, 1931
| birth_place = Lancaster, Ohio
| death_date = April 21, 2019
| death_place = Oxford, Mississippi
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| occupation = Classics scholar, college professor, museum director
| years_active = 1961–1990
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Lucy Curtis Turnbull (May 26, 1931 – April 21, 2019) was an American classics scholar, and director of the University of Mississippi Museums from 1983 to 1990.
Early life
Lucy Curtis Turnbull was born in Lancaster, Ohio, the daughter of Donald Turnbull and Lucy Taylor Turnbull. She earned a bachelor's degree at Bryn Mawr College in 1952 and both master's (1954) and doctoral degrees from Radcliffe College. She focused her doctoral research on geometric bronzes in Greece,American School of Classical Studies, [https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/uploads/media/AR_76_1956-57.pdf Seventy-Sixth Annual Report] (1956-1957): 23, 29. at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.{{Cite news|url=https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2019/04/23/obituary-dr-lucy-c-turnbull/|title=Obituary – Dr. Lucy C. Turnbull|date=2019-04-23|work=The Oxford Eagle|access-date=2020-01-13|language=en-US}}
Career
As a young woman, Turnbull worked at Wellesley College as a museum assistant and art librarian. She also worked as an assistant at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She joined the faculty of the University of Mississippi in 1961, as a classics professor.{{Cite web|url=https://classics.olemiss.edu/in-memoriam-dr-lucy-turnbull/|title=In Memoriam: Dr. Lucy Turnbull|date=2019-04-24|website=Department of Classics|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-13|last3=Usa915-7211|first3=Ms 38677}} She was among the professors who spoke in favour of racial integration at Ole Miss in 1962, when James Meredith enrolled at the school.{{Cite web|url=https://libarts.olemiss.edu/retired-classics-professor-known-for-bravery-and-rare-talent-in-teaching/|title=Retired classics professor known for bravery and 'rare talent' in teaching|date=2012-07-17|website=College of Liberal Arts|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-13|last3=Usa915-7211|first3=Ms 38677}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_KQyDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Lucy+Turnbull%22+%22Ole+Miss%22&pg=PT62|title=Living in Mississippi: The Life and Times of Evans Harrington|last=Hamblin|first=Robert W.|date=2017-05-31|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-4968-1143-1|language=en}} From 1983 to 1990, she was director of the university's museums.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42262458/turnbull_new_ole_miss_museum_director/|title=Turnbull new Ole Miss museum director|date=1985-04-01|work=Clarion-Ledger|access-date=2020-01-14|pages=15|via=Newspapers.com}} In addition to the museum's collection of Greek and Roman objects,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42261901/university_students_interested_in/|title=University Students Interested in Archaeology|date=1963-02-18|work=The Greenwood Commonwealth|access-date=2020-01-14|pages=3|via=Newspapers.com}} she oversaw exhibits of the museum's diverse holdings, including materials related to Mississippi author William Faulkner,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42260809/development_disquiets_oxford/|title=Development Disquiets Oxford|last=Beard|first=David|date=1986-10-28|work=The Greenwood Commonwealth|access-date=2020-01-14|pages=17|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42261284/exhibit_complements_faulkner_event/|title=Exhibit Complements Faulkner Event|last=Luter|first=Nell|date=1985-07-21|work=Clarion-Ledger|access-date=2020-01-14|pages=79|via=Newspapers.com}} and the art of Mississippi painter Theora Hamblett.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42261412/bryant_auction_aids_restoration_of/|title=Bryant Auction Aids Restoration of Hamblett Art|last=Luter|first=Nell|date=1985-05-26|work=Clarion-Ledger|access-date=2020-01-14|pages=103|via=Newspapers.com}}
Turnbull retired in 1990.{{Cite web|url=https://news.olemiss.edu/um-remembers-beloved-educator-scholar-civil-rights-champion/|title=UM Remembers Beloved Educator, Scholar and Civil Rights Champion|last=Newsom|first=Michael|date=2019-04-25|website=Ole Miss News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-13}} She spoke to community groups about archaeology,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42260936/archaeologists_to_hear_turnbull/|title=Archaeologists to Hear Turnbull|date=1975-05-14|work=The Clarksdale Press Register|access-date=2020-01-14|pages=8|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42262775/a_look_at_the_ancients/|title=A look at the ancients|date=1992-02-26|work=Clarion-Ledger|access-date=2020-01-14|pages=34|via=Newspapers.com}} and was a longtime Bible study teacher at a nearby Episcopalian church.
Personal life
Turnbull died in Oxford, Mississippi, in 2019, aged 87 years.
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Category:American classical scholars
Category:Bryn Mawr College alumni
Category:Radcliffe College alumni
Category:American archaeologists
Category:University of Mississippi faculty
Category:Directors of museums in the United States