Therese bonney biography

The Life of Therese Bonney

Therese Bonney was born Mabel Therese Bonney in Syracuse, New York on July 15, 1894, the daughter of Anthony Le Roy and Addie Bonney.  At the age of five Therese moved with her mother to California and remained there until her graduation from the University of California at Berkley.  It was at this point in her life that she stopped using her first name and began going by Therese.  A year after her graduation she went to Harvard and got her MA in Romance Languages.  She then went to Columbia university to prepare for her Ph.D.  She finished her education in Paris where she was the first American to receive a scholarship to attend the Sorbonne.  She received the degree of Docteur des Lettres degree there in 1921 after passing her exam with the highest honors.  After her graduation she was awarded multiple scholastic honors, including the Horatio Stebbins Scholarship, The Belknap, Baudrillart, Billy Fellowship