Evelyn Byrd Harrison (June 5, 1920 – November 3, 2012) was an American classical scholar and archaeologist.
[1] In 1949, she began her affiliation with the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, a relationship that lasted until her death.
[1] Harrison joined the faculty of Columbia in 1955 and remained there until moving to Princeton University in 1970.
At Princeton she became the first female full professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology.
[4] She became Edith Kitzmiller Professor of the History of Fine Arts at New York University in 1974 where she remained until retirement in 2006.