George Harold Edgell | |
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Born | March 4, 1887 |
Died | June 29, 1954 | (aged 67)
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Spouse |
Jean Walters Delano
(m. 1914; died 1953) |
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Awards | Rome Prize |
Honours | Chevalier of the Order of the Legion of Honour |
20th President of the American Association of Museums | |
In office 1949–1951 | |
Preceded by | David E. Finley |
Succeeded by | Albert Eide Parr |
5th Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | |
In office 1935–1954 | |
Preceded by | Arthur Fairbanks |
Succeeded by | Perry T. Rathbone |
Dean of the Harvard University School of Architecture | |
In office 1922–1935 | |
Preceded by | Charles Wilson Killam (acting) |
Succeeded by | Joseph Hudnut (became the Graduate School of Design) |
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George Harold Edgell (March 4, 1887 – June 29, 1954) was a renowned American architectural and fine arts historian, author, and expert on Sienese paintings. He served as dean of the Harvard University School of Architecture and director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts.