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
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gollark: Dinner takes me about 15 minutes, and I eat it while still using my computer for efficiency.
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References
  1. "Gordon, John Watson" . Dictionary of National Biography. 1885–1900.
  2. Turner, James (2014). Philology: The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Humanities. Princetown University Press. p. 317.
  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.
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