Grace Frank

Grace Mayer Frank (born Grace Edith Mayer; June 28, 1886 – March 22, 1978) was an American medievalist and lecturer. Frank, along with her spouse, the classicist Tenney Frank, was primarily associated with Bryn Mawr College, first as a graduate student, and later as a Lecturer and Associate Professor of Romance Philosophy and Old French. Beginning in 1919, Frank lived in Baltimore, Maryland, where she would reside for the majority of her life, serving also as a Visiting Professor of Romance Philology at Johns Hopkins University in that city.

A specialist in French medieval theatre and poetry, Frank produced numerous critical editions and over 40 scholarly articles in the field. Her best-known work was the monograph ''The Medieval French Drama'' (1954), a survey of French drama to the 15th century, considered "an authoritative reference work" for the subject. Her influence on her field was such that a 2005 essay claimed that "it seem[ed] almost impossible to read an article or a book on the subject of medieval French drama without finding a reference to her scholarship." Provided by Wikipedia