Scientist. Born in 1894 in New Albany, Indiana, he studied at the University of California in 1916, and from 1916 to 1917, he took a job as a researcher on a Spanish mission of architecture in the Southwest, later going to Paris to study architecture. Between 1920 and 1922 he researched in the Southwest and in Sonora, Mexico, later moving to Illinois, and becoming a teacher of architecture at the University of Illinois. He was awarded the Charles Eliot Norton Fellowship to the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece, where in his spare time, he excavated archaeological sites at Nemea, Philius, and Corinth. From 1924 to 1929, he held posts including, Registered Architect at Harvard University and in New York City, Assistant Professor of ancient architecture at the University of Cincinnati, Professor of Ancient Architecture at the University of Cincinnati, and a Lecturer in Classical Archaeology at Bryn Mawr, in Pennsylvania. In 1929 he took a leave of absence from work to study the 5th century B.C. Etruscan tomb painting in Tarquinia, Italy. Later that year he returned to Bryn Mawr to hold the post of Professor of Classical Archaeology. Between 1930 and 1936, he went on the Sakkarah Expedition to study the Sakkarah Pyramids near Cairo, for the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. From 1937 until his death in 1960, he researched in London and Vienna, and later returning to Boston to work in the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum, in Harvard University.
Scientist. Born in 1894 in New Albany, Indiana, he studied at the University of California in 1916, and from 1916 to 1917, he took a job as a researcher on a Spanish mission of architecture in the Southwest, later going to Paris to study architecture. Between 1920 and 1922 he researched in the Southwest and in Sonora, Mexico, later moving to Illinois, and becoming a teacher of architecture at the University of Illinois. He was awarded the Charles Eliot Norton Fellowship to the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece, where in his spare time, he excavated archaeological sites at Nemea, Philius, and Corinth. From 1924 to 1929, he held posts including, Registered Architect at Harvard University and in New York City, Assistant Professor of ancient architecture at the University of Cincinnati, Professor of Ancient Architecture at the University of Cincinnati, and a Lecturer in Classical Archaeology at Bryn Mawr, in Pennsylvania. In 1929 he took a leave of absence from work to study the 5th century B.C. Etruscan tomb painting in Tarquinia, Italy. Later that year he returned to Bryn Mawr to hold the post of Professor of Classical Archaeology. Between 1930 and 1936, he went on the Sakkarah Expedition to study the Sakkarah Pyramids near Cairo, for the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. From 1937 until his death in 1960, he researched in London and Vienna, and later returning to Boston to work in the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum, in Harvard University.
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