HARRISON, JANE ELLEN (1850-1928), English scholar, was born at Cottenham, Yorkshire, on Sept. 9, 185o, and was edu cated at Cheltenham college and Newnham college, Cambridge. She took a place in the moral sciences tripos equivalent to the sec ond place. Her life-work was done in art and archaeology. She brought to the study of Greek art and of Greek religion great en thusiasm, a generous spirit and considerable learning. A humanist in the best sense she was all her life susceptible to new ideas and never allowed her mind to go stale. Thus in her old age she began the study of Persian. Jane Harrison returned to Newnham as fellow and lecturer in classical archaeology in 1900, and gave a great impetus to classical study there. Her most important work was Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion (1903) . Others were : Myths of the Odyssey in Art and Literature (1882) ; Intro ductory Studies in Greek Art (1885) ; Themis (1912) ; Ancient Art and Ritual (1913) ; and Epilegomena to the Study of Greek Religion (1921). She died in London on April 16, 1928.