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
- ↑
"Gordon, John Watson". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. - ↑ Turner, James (2014). Philology: The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities. Princetown University Press. p. 317.
- ↑ 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.
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