Biography:

College English instructor. Born– March 4, 1892. Montgomery. Parents– Charles A. and Virginia (Scott) Coleman. Education– University of Alabama, A.B.; Swarthmore College, M.A., 1923. Taught at Lanier High School, 1912-1918; head of the English department at Swarthmore College; taught in the English department at the University of Alabama, 1927-62. First female member of the faculty at the University of Alabama. Great-granddaughter of President John Tyler. Died July 1981.

Source:

Files at Alabama Public Library Service

Publication(s):

Priscilla Cooper Tyler and the American Scene, 1816-1889. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1955.

Theme Assignments and Models. University, Ala.; s.n., 1933.