author
Clare Howard
1881–1967
A scholar of English literature and travel writing, she is best known for exploring how Renaissance journeys shaped ideas, education, and culture. Her work brings early modern history to life through clear, thoughtful research.
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English Travellers of the Renaissance
by Clare Howard
About the author
Born in 1881, Clare Macllelen Howard was an American scholar of English literature. She studied at Columbia University, earning her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., and later taught at Barnard College, where she served on the English faculty.
Her best-known book, English Travellers of the Renaissance, looks at how travel influenced English thought and society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. She also worked on later scholarly editions, including The Poems of Sir John Davies, showing her lasting interest in Renaissance writing and intellectual history.
Howard died in 1967. Though not a widely known public figure today, her work remains useful to readers interested in Renaissance culture, literary scholarship, and the history of travel.