Watson Gordon Professor of Fine Art

The Watson Gordon Chair of Fine Art is a professorship at the University of Edinburgh.

History

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Gordon, John Watson" . Dictionary of National Biography. 1885–1900.
  2. ^ Turner, James (2014). Philology: The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities. Princeton University Press. p. 317. ISBN 9781400850150.
  3. ^ Robertson, Giles (July 1976). "letter". The Burlington Magazine. 118 (880): 516. JSTOR 878469.
  4. ^ "Top French honours for Capital arts historians". The Scotsman. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2016.