Correction: Yes, let us not confuse Mary Whiton Calkins (1863-1930) of Connecticut, Massachusetts with Helen Deborah Calkins (1899-1980) who lived several places: India, Indiana or Illinois, California. I never knew either one of them but it is possible that they may be descended from the same Hugh Calkins who immigrated to America from Wales or England in 1640. Given that many of the Calkins in America are descended from Hugh, the odds are quite in favor of them also having that link to merry old England, whatever that meant. Even so, we see some interesting differences between Mary and Helen:
Helen toured Europe as a child with her parents whereas Mary toured Europe after having studying the classics in college and having studied Greek quite thoroughly. She later taught Greek at Wellesley college.
Mary's father was a Presbyterian minister whereas Helen's father was a Methodist minister.
Mary did all the coursework required for a Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard but the degree was not conferred because at the time Harvard did not grant degrees to women. I somehow doubt that Helen ever tried to go so far as to get a Ph.D. degree.
