Warner, Langdon, 1881-1955
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Name (Latin)
Warner, Langdon, 1881-1955
Date of birth
1881-08-01
Date of death
1955-06-09
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Eastern art, July 1928:t.p. (Langdon Warner)
- LC data base, 12-3-90(hdg.: Warner, Langdon, 1881-1955)
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Langdon Warner
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Wikipedia description:
Langdon Warner (1 August 1881 – 9 June 1955) was an American archaeologist and art historian specializing in East Asian art. He was a professor at Harvard and the Curator of Oriental Art at Harvard's Fogg Museum. He is reputed to be one of the models for Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones. As an explorer/agent at the turn of the 20th century, he studied the Silk Road. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1927.
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