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Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908

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Personal name headingNorton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1827-11-16
Death date1908-10-21
Place of birthCambridge (Mass.)
Place of deathCambridge (Mass.)
Field of activityArt--History
AffiliationHarvard University
Profession or occupationArt history professor Social critic
College teachers Art historians Social reformers
Found inFour American universities, 1895: p. v (Charles Eliot Norton)
The queen of the air, 1893: title page (Charles Eliot Norton)
Wikipedia, January 23, 2015 (Charles Eliot Norton (November 16, 1827-October 21, 1908) was a leading American author, social critic, and professor of art. He was a progressive social reformer and a liberal activist whom many of his contemporaries considered the most cultivated man in the United States; born at Cambridge, Massachusetts; died Cambridge, Massachusetts; In 1875 he was appointed professor of the history of art at Harvard, a chair which was created for him and which he held until retirement in 1898)
Associated languageeng