Author: Suzanne W. Miles
Alternate names: Suzanna Whitelaw Miles
Born: 1922
Died: 1966
Bio: <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Whitelaw_Miles">Suzanna W. Miles</a></b> (1922–1966) was an anthropologist, archeologist and historian, specializing in the history of the Maya peoples.  She is best known for her 1957 work, <i>The Sixteenth-Century Pokom Maya</i>.  She had planned a translation of Bartolomé de las Casas' titanic <i>Historia de las Indias</i>, but this was never completed.  Miles received her doctorate from Radcliffe College, her master's degree from the University of Chicago, and her undergraduate education from <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College</a> and Beloit College. In the 1960s, Miles taught at Guatemala's Universidad de San Carlos, becoming the first woman anthropologist to reach the top professorial rank. (from <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/Suzanna_Miles#Brief_description">Shimer College Wiki</a>)