Background
Pagels, Elaine Hiesey was born in Palo Alto, California, United States. Daughter of William McKinley and Louise Sophia (van Druten) Hiesey.
educator historian of religion
Pagels, Elaine Hiesey was born in Palo Alto, California, United States. Daughter of William McKinley and Louise Sophia (van Druten) Hiesey.
Bachelor of Arts, Stanford, 1964, Master of Arts, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1970.
July 1988); children: Sarah Marie, David van Druten. Assistant professor of history of religion Barnard College, Columbia, 1970-1974, from associate professor.to professor, chairperson department religion, 1974-1982. Harrington Spear Paine professor religion Princeton University, 1982.
National Endowment for Humanities grantee, 1973.
Mellon fellow Aspen Institute Humanistic Studies, 1974, Hazen fellow, 1975. Rockefeller fellow, 1978-1979.
Guggenheim fellow, 1979-1980. MacArthur prize fellow, 1981-1987.
Member Society Biblical Literature, American Academy Religion. Club: Biblical Theologians.
Married Heinz R. Pagels, June 7, 1969 (deceased. Children: Sarah Marie, David van Druten.