Norton, Richard, 1872-1918
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Name (Latin)
Norton, Richard, 1872-1918
Date of birth
1872-02-09
Date of death
1918-08-02
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Archaeology
Art, Baroque
world war 1914 1918 ambulances
Occupation
Archaeologists
Art museums--Employees
College teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Norton, Richard (Place born: Dresden, Germany; Place died: Paris, France ... Archaeologist and amateur baroque-art scholar ... graduated from Harvard in 1892 ... attending ... the American School of Classical Studies, Athens ... He was appointed the first lecturer in Greek art at the School, and in 1899, director of the program, which he held until 1907. He returned to Boston ... and acted as European art expert for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts ... In 1910 Norton led the dig in the former Greco-Roman outpost of Cyrene, Libya ... Home Country: United States ( (Dictionary of Art Historians, viewed Nov. 24, 2014:) )
- The excavations at Cyrene, first campaign, 1910-1911, 1911:title page (Richard Norton)
- Richard Norton (professor) ((February 9, 1872 - August 2, 1918) was the organizer and head of the American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps (also known as the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps), which served on the front in France in World War I from 1914 until it was taken over by the American Army in 1917 ... was also the director of the Archaeological Institute of America. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre, the Legion of Honour, and the Order of St. Lazarus ( (Wikipedia, viewed Nov. 24, 2014:) )