Janel Mueller (November 26, 1938 - October 21, 2022) was an American academic. She was the

William Rainey Harper William Rainey Harper (July 24, 1856 – January 10, 1906) was an American academic leader, an accomplished semiticist, and Baptist clergyman. Harper helped to establish both the University of Chicago and Bradley University and served as the i ...

Distinguished Service Professor Emerita in English Language & Literature and the college at

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and was the Dean of the Division of Humanities from 1999 to 2004. She was an expert on the writings of

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, the first woman to publish under her own name in English, including ''

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'', '' Prayers or Meditations'' and ''

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''. In 1972, she was awarded the

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. She is the co-editor of four volumes of the writings of Elizabeth I, all published by the University of Chicago Press. She earned degrees from Augustana College (BA) and

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(PhD).

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