Janel Mueller (November 26, 1938 - October 21, 2022) was an American academic.
She was the William Rainey Harper Distinguished Service Professor Emerita in English Language & Literature and the college at University of Chicago and was the Dean of the Division of Humanities from 1999 to 2004. [1] [2] She was an expert on the writings of Catherine Parr, the first woman to publish under her own name in English, including Psalms or Prayers , Prayers or Meditations and The Lamentation of a Sinner . [3] In 1972, she was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship. She is the co-editor of four volumes of the writings of Elizabeth I, all published by the University of Chicago Press.
She earned degrees from Augustana College (BA) and Harvard University (PhD).
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