biography
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Dinsmoor, William Bell
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| male
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| lived:
| (1887–1973)
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| biography:
| Classical archaeologist, born in Windham, New Hampshire, USA. He studied at Harvard (1906), and was then student, excavator, and restorer at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. He taught at Columbia University (1919–63), first as a professor of architecture, then archaeology. During World War 2 he was chairman of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Treasures in War Areas. His book, Architecture of Greece (1950), is considered definitive. |
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