Marie Delcourt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marie Delcourt

Belgian classical scholar and historian

Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1891

Place of Birth: Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 11-Feb-1979

Profession: university teacher, classical philologist, historian of religion, historian of classical antiquity, feminist

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Marie Delcourt (Ixelles, 18 November 1891 – Liège, 11 February 1979) was a Belgian classical philologist.
She studied at the University of Liège (ULg), and obtained a PhD in classical philology in 1919.
She was the first female part-time lecturer at the ULg. An expert in the history of the ancient Greek religion, Marie Delcourt was particularly interested in the psychological dimension of religious facts.
She was married to writer Alexis Curvers.