Drower, E. S. (1879–1972)
Drower, E. S. (1879–1972)
English scholar and writer. Name variations: Ethel Stefana Drower; Lady E. S. Drower; Lady Ethel S. Drower; Lady Drower; E.S. Stevens. Born Ethel Stefana May Stevens, Dec 1, 1879; died 1972; children: Margaret S. Drower (Egyptologist).
Best known for book, The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran (1937); also wrote A Mandaic Dictionary and Peacock Angel (1941) and translated The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans (1959); as E.S. Stevens, wrote My Sudan Year.
See also Margaret Hackforth-Jones, "The Life of Lady E.S. Drower" (ARAM, Vol 11, Issue 1, 1999–2000).
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