Ursula Mary Niebuhr (née Keppel-Compton; August 3, 1907[1] – January 10, 1997) was an English American academic and theologian.
She was the founder and longtime head of the Department of Religion at Barnard College in New York City, USA.
[4] The couple made New York City their home during the majority of their 40 years together.
[5] Ursula left evidence in her professional papers at the Library of Congress showing that she co-authored some of her husband's later writings.
[7] Beginning as a lecturer in 1940, she was a member of the Barnard College faculty for twenty years, retiring in the 1960s.