1. Robert Branner was an American art historian, archaeologist, and educator.
11 Facts About Robert Branner
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Robert Branner was drafted into the United States Army in 1945, serving in the later stages of the European theatre of World War II.
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Robert Branner graduated from Yale University, where he received both a Bachelor of Arts in Classics in 1948 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Art History in 1953.
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Robert Branner was a doctoral student of Sumner McKnight Crosby, and was influenced by Jurgis Baltrusaitis, Jean Bony, and Louis Grodecki, all students of Henri Focillon.
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Robert Branner studied such artists as Jean de Chelles, buildings such as the Le Mans Cathedral and the Sainte-Chapelle, and manuscripts such as Fecamp Bible and the Psalter of Saint Louis.
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In 1952, Robert Branner was hired to be part of the Yale faculty.
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Robert Branner continued on to teach at the University of Kansas from 1954 to 1957, where he was Assistant Professor of Art History.
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Robert Branner then moved on to Columbia University to become Associate Professor, winning a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1962, and reached the rank of full Professor in four years after that.
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From 1964 to 1966, Robert Branner served as president of the Society of Architectural Historians.
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Robert Branner died in 1973 at Mount Sinai Morningside, following complications from heart surgery.
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Papers from the career of Robert Branner are kept in the Columbia University Libraries.