Horner, Joyce Mary, 1903-

Poet and novelist, English teacher at Mount Holyoke College from 1944-1968. b. Joyce Mary Horner, d. 1980.

From the description of Papers, [ca. 1880]-1987. (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldCat record id: 26900640

Joyce Mary Horner was born on July 13, 1903, in Yorkshire, England. She received a B.A. in 1925 from St. Hilda's College, Oxford, a diploma in Education in 1926 and an M.A. in 1928 from Smith College. She worked at various schools and colleges before coming to Mount Holyoke in 1944 as an assistant professor in the English Department. She was chair of the English Department from 1947 through 1950, and became a full professor in 1966. She retired in 1969, but continued publishing novels and poems. Joyce M. Horner died on March 24, 1980, in Northampton, Massachusetts.

From the guide to the Horner papers MS 0549., [ca. 1880]-1987., (Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections)