Charles H. Morgan

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Charles Hill Morgan II (born September 19, 1902 in Worcester , Massachusetts , † April 4, 1984 in Northampton , Massachusetts) was an American classical archaeologist and art historian .

Morgan, son of the wealthy entrepreneur Paul Beagary Morgan (1869–1952), studied at Harvard University ( BA 1924, MA 1925. Ph.D. 1928). After receiving his doctorate, he went to the American School of Classical Studies in Athens . He was associated with this institution all his life: in 1928/29 he received a scholarship, 1933/34 visiting professor, 1935/36 deputy director and from 1936 to 1938 director of the school. From 1950 to 1959 he was Chairman of the Managing Committee of the American School, then until 1975 Chairman of the Aid Fund, which supports the American School financially.

He made his academic career after a brief activity as a lecturer for Classical Archeology at Bryn Mawr College (1929/30) at Amherst College . From 1930 he taught classical archeology and art history here as a professor of fine arts. He founded the Department of Fine Arts and built the university's museum, the Mead Art Museum , which he headed from its opening in 1949 until his retirement in 1969.

Morgan's main research area was ancient and Byzantine Greece, from 1936 to 1938 he directed the excavations of the Agora of Corinth ; he published the Byzantine pottery from these excavations. Morgan taught and researched, however, in the field of art history, so he wrote about Michelangelo and George Bellows .

Publications (selection)

  • Corinth Vol. XI: The Byzantine Pottery . Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1942 ( full text ).
  • The Life of Michelangelo . London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 1960.
  • George Bellows. Painter of America . Reynal, New York 1965.
  • The development of the art collection of Amherst college 1821-1971 . Amherst 1972.

literature

  • Lucy Shoe Meritt : A History of the American School of Classical Studies, 1939-1980. American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, NJ 1984, pp. 52-82, esp. Pp. 72-82 ( online ).
  • Homer A. Thompson : Charles Hill Morgan . In: American Journal of Archeology 88, 1984, pp. 439-440.

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personal data
SURNAME Morgan, Charles H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morgan, Charles Hill
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American classical archaeologist and art historian
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Worcester , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH April 4th 1984
Place of death Northampton , Massachusetts