William Bell Dinsmoor Jr.

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William Bell Dinsmoor Jr. (born July 2, 1923 in New York City ; died July 7, 1988 in Athens ) was an American classical archaeologist and architectural historian .

William Bell Dinsmoor Jr. was the son of the architectural historian William Bell Dinsmoor and Zillah F. Dinsmoors, nee Pierce. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and began studying at Columbia University in New York. During the Second World War he interrupted his studies and served as a soldier in India and China . After the end of World War II he continued his studies at Columbia University and graduated in 1947 with a bachelor's degree in modern languages . He then turned to architecture and followed his father, who was an important building researcher in the field of ancient architecture. In 1947 Dinsmoor Jr. received a bachelor's degree in architecture and his master's degree from the Columbia School of Architecture in 1951 . There followed a brief period in which Dinsmoor Jr. worked as an architect and engineer in El Paso , Texas .

Dinsmoor moved to Greece and supported Lucy T. Shoe Meritt in her research into the history of form on Greek architecture and its profiles. He helped Carl Blegen with the processing and publication of the excavation results for Troy and Pylos . His first experience in archaeological field work was under Oscar Broneer , who took part in the excavation of the Dinsmoor Temple of Poseidon, which is associated with the Isthmian Games . From 1962 to 1963 he was the first fellow of the Olivia James Foundation, founded in 1961, at the Archaeological Institute of America .

In 1966 Dinsmoor became the chief architect of the excavations on the Agora in Athens and held this position until his death in 1988. His own research focused on the architecture of Athens, namely the Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounion and the predecessor building on the Propylaea in Athens Acropolis , but also on Corfu and Stobi , he provided important information. While he was preparing his father's work on the Propylaea des Mnesicles for publication, Dinsmoor died in Athens.

Publications (selection)

  • Sounion . Lycabettus Press, Athens 1971.
  • The Propylaia to the Athenian Acropolis . Volume 1: The predecessors . American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton (NJ) 1980 ISBN 0-876-61940-5 .
  • with Anastasia Norre Dinsmoor and William Bell Dinsmoor: The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis . Volume 2. American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton (NJ) 1984, ISBN 0-876-61941-3

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SURNAME Dinsmoor, William Bell Jr.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dinsmoor, William Bell Junior (full name); Dinsmoor, Bill
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American classical archaeologist and architectural historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1988
Place of death Athens