Margaret Reesor

Margaret E. Reesor
Academic background
Alma mater	Bryn Mawr College
Thesis	The political theory of the old and middle Stoa  (1951)

Margaret Elaine Reesor (3 May 1924 - 21 January 2010) was a classics professor who is known for her work on pre-Socratic, Stoic, and Epicurean philosophers.

Early life

Reesor was born on May 3rd 1924 in Toronto, Canada. ^[1]

Career

Reesor received her B.A. and M.A. from the University of Toronto in 1945 and 1946 respectively, and was awarded her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College in 1951. From 1950 to 1953 she worked as instructor in classics at Wells College. She then worked in the Woman's College at the University of North Carolina from 1954 to 1958, before joining the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill until 1960. ^[1] Reesor then became the first woman to teach at the University of Kentucky,^{[ citation needed ]} remaining there until 1961. From 1961 until 1987 she worked at Queen's University, Ontario, acting as a lecturer. She also worked as a visiting fellow at Princeton University from 1973 to 1974 and from 1980 to 1981. ^[1]

Death

Reesor died on the 21 January 2010, in Kingston, Canada. ^[1]

Selected publications

• Reesor, Margaret E. (1951). The political theory of the old and middle Stoa. New York: J.J Augustin. OCLC   360247. ^[2]

• Reesor, Margaret E. (1951). "The "Indifferents" in the Old and Middle Stoa". Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. 82: 102–110. doi:10.2307/283423. JSTOR   283423 . Retrieved 2025-06-26.

• Reesor, Margaret E. (1954). "The Stoic Concept of Quality". The American Journal of Philology. 75 (1): 40–58. doi:10.2307/291904. JSTOR   291904 . Retrieved 2025-06-26.

• Reesor, Margaret E. (1965). "Fate and Possibility in Early Stoic Philosophy". Phoenix. 19 (4): 285–297. doi:10.2307/1085828. JSTOR   1085828 . Retrieved 2025-06-26.

• Reesor, Margaret E. (1989). The Nature of Man in Early Stoic Philosophy. London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN   978-0-7156-2256-8. ^[3]

References

1. Gordon, Laura. "REESOR, Margaret Elaine". Database of Classical Scholars | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
2. Reviews of The political theory of the old and middle Stoa
   • MacKendrick, Paul (1953). "Review of The Political Theory of the Old and Middle Stoa". The Classical Weekly. 46 (8): 125–126. doi:10.2307/4343340. ISSN   1940-641X. JSTOR   4343340.
   • de Lacy, Phillip (1953). "Review of The Political Theory of the Old and Middle Stoa". Classical Philology. 48 (1): 59–60. ISSN   0009-837X. JSTOR   265673.
   • van den Bruwaene, M. (1952). "Review of The political theory of the old and middle Stoa". Latomus. 11 (3): 392–393. ISSN   0023-8856. JSTOR   41520009.
3. Reviews of The Nature of Man in Early Stoic Philosophy
   • Gould, Josiah B. (1990). "Review of The Nature of Man in Early Stoic Philosophy". The Review of Metaphysics. 44 (2): 429–430. ISSN   0034-6632. JSTOR   20129038.
   • Hahm, David E. (1991). "Review of The Nature of Man in Early Stoic Philosophy". Phoenix. 45 (4): 383–384. doi:10.2307/1088115. ISSN   0031-8299. JSTOR   1088115.
   • Konstan, David (1991). "Review of The Nature of Man in Early Stoic Philosophy". The Classical World. 84 (5): 421. doi:10.2307/4350896. ISSN   0009-8418. JSTOR   4350896.