Harry Bober
Harry Bober | |
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Bober, from The Harvard Crimson c.1950s. | |
| Born | Abraham Herschel Bober September 2, 1915 |
| Died | June 17, 1988 (aged 72) New York City, New York, US |
| Occupation(s) | art historian, university professor, author |
| Spouse | Phyllis Pray Bober (1943–1973, divorce) |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | City College of New York, New York University |
| Thesis | The Illustrations in the Printed Books of Hours, Iconographic and Stylistic Problems (1949) |
| Doctoral advisor | Walter William Spencer Cook |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Medieval history |
| Institutions | Harvard University (1951–1954), New York University Institute of Fine Arts (1954–1988) |
Harry Bober (September 2, 1915 – June 17, 1988) was an American art historian, a university professor, and a writer. He was the first Avalon Professor of the Humanities a New York University (NYU). He wrote and edited several books and published numerous articles on the art, architecture and historiography of the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance period.