Harry Bober
Harry Bober (1915–1988) was an American art historian, a university professor, and a writer. He was the first Avalon Professor of the Humanities a New York University (NYU). He wrote and edited several books and published numerous articles on the art, architecture and historiography of the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance period.
Harry Bober | |
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Bober, from The Harvard Crimson c.1950s. | |
| Born | Abraham Herschel Bober September 2, 1915 |
| Died | June 17, 1988 (aged 72) New York City, New York, US |
| Occupation(s) | art historian, university professor, author |
| Spouse | Phyllis Pray Bober (1943–1973, divorce) |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | City College of New York, New York University |
| Thesis | The Illustrations in the Printed Books of Hours, Iconographic and Stylistic Problems (1949) |
| Doctoral advisor | Walter William Spencer Cook |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Medieval history |
| Institutions | Harvard University (1951–1954), New York University Institute of Fine Arts (1954–1988) |
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