Watson Gordon Chair of Fine Art
The Watson Gordon Chair of Fine Art is a professorship at the University of Edinburgh.
History[]
The chair was founded in 1880. John Watson Gordon was a Scottish painter who died in 1864. His brother and sister endowed the professorship in his memory in 1879.[1] The establishment of the chair resulted in progress in the teaching of art history.[2][3]
Professors[]
- Gerard Baldwin Brown 1880–1930
- Herbert Read 1931–1933
- David Talbot Rice 1934–1972
- Giles Robertson 1973–1981
- Eric Fernie 1984–1995
- Richard Thomson 1996–[4]
References[]
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. 1885–1900.
- ^ Turner, James (2014). Philology: The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities. Princeton University Press. p. 317. ISBN 9781400850150.
- ^ Robertson, Giles (July 1976). "letter". The Burlington Magazine. 118 (880): 516. JSTOR 878469.
- ^ "Top French honours for Capital arts historians". The Scotsman. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Categories:
- Professorships in art
- Professorships at the University of Edinburgh
- 1880 establishments in Scotland