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Helen received her Ph.D. in Comparative Philology from the University of Zurich. Her A Woman of the Century profile noted:

""She handed to the faculty a dissertation, entitled 'Zur Gutturalfrage im Gotischen,' which attracted general comment by its wide research and scholarly handling"" (756).

Dr. Webster taught at Barnard, Vassar, and Wellesley, where she was the Chair of Comparative Philology. After Reverend Silas Tertius Rand passed away, she wrote the preface to his Legends of the MicMacs.

Helen passed away on January 4, 1928 and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Lynn, Massachusetts.",,,,,"McMaster, MaryKate",,,,,,,"POINT(-7910620.9301882 5214761.8420315)|8|-7915818.6481109|5200439.4538586|osm Helen Livermore Webster was born in Boston, MA on August 1, 1853.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Helen L. Webster Find A Grave",,,"August 1, 1853","Boston, MA","January 4, 1928",Professor^^Author,,"^^","professor of comparative philology in Wellesley College","Webster, Helen L. (Helen Livermore), 1853-","

Webster, Helen Livermore 1853-1928

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Webster, Helen M. Zur gutturalfrage im gotischen. Inaug.-diss., Zürich. Boston:  Printed by J. S. Cushing & Co., 1889.


This is Helen L. Webster's dissertation.


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