Allan Marquand

Allan Marquand (/ˈmɑːrkwənd/; December 10, 1853 – September 24, 1924) was an art historian at Princeton University and a curator of the Princeton University Art Museum. Marquand is notable as one of the foremost art historians and critics of his time, and helped to popularize and establish the field in elite college campuses. Along with his contemporary, Harvard's Charles Eliot Norton, Marquand was the first academic to bring the serious, academic study of art history into American collegiate curricula.

Allan Marquand
Born(1853-12-10)December 10, 1853
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 24, 1924(1924-09-24) (aged 70)
New York City, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSt. Paul's School (New Hampshire)
Princeton University
Johns Hopkins University
OccupationArt historian
Known forCurator of the Princeton University Art Museum
Spouse
(m. 1896)
ChildrenEleanor Marquand Delanoy
Mary Marquand Hochschild
Sarnia Marquand
Allan Marquand Jr.
Parent(s)Elizabeth Allen Marquand
Henry Gurdon Marquand
RelativesHarold K. Hochschild (son-in-law)
Adam Hochschild (grandson) Frederick Marquand (uncle)
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