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Sidney Fiske Kimball B: 8 DEC 1888
Sidney was born on 8 DEC 1888 .
He is the son of Edwin Fiske Kimball (B: 29 APR 1858) and Ellen L. Ripley (Kimball) .
Sidney was married to Marie Goegel (Kimball) .
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| ⌈ Stephen Kimball (22 JAN 1821 - 29 NOV 1866) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌈ Edwin Fiske Kimball (B: 29 APR 1858) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌊ Amanda Tufts CUtter (Kimball) (B: 24 MAY 1827) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sidney Fiske Kimball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌊ Ellen L. Ripley (Kimball) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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S1 email from Joan Kimball
attended Harvard University, receiving his Bachelors degree from the Architecture School in 1909 and his Master of Architecture in 1912.
The curriculum emphasized formal elements of design based on the history of buildings and the built environment. It was based directly on the model provided by the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. The result, according to Kimball, was that Harvard students, 'tended to graduate into teaching, writing and editing rather than practice.' His career, in fact, included notable contributions in teaching, writing, editing, and practice.
Was an accomplished architectural historian (Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library, University of Virginia)
Sidney: Infoplease Entry
The curriculum emphasized formal elements of design based on the history of buildings and the built environment. It was based directly on the model provided by the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. The result, according to Kimball, was that Harvard students, 'tended to graduate into teaching, writing and editing rather than practice.' His career, in fact, included notable contributions in teaching, writing, editing, and practice.
Was an accomplished architectural historian (Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library, University of Virginia)
American architect and writer, b. Newton, Mass.
He was professor of architecture and fine arts at the Univ. of Michigan (1912 19) and of art and architecture at the Univ. of Virginia (1919 23) and was in charge of the fine arts department, New York Univ. (1923 25). From 1925 until his retirement in 1955 he was director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and was responsible for the acquisition of many important collections. Much of his architectural work consisted of the restoration of old houses, e.g., of Monticello, the Jefferson home, near Charlottesville, and Stratford, the seat of the Lees, both in Virginia. With G. H. Edgell he wrote A History of Architecture (1918). He was also the author of Domestic Architecture of the American Colonies (1922), American Architecture (1928), and The Creation of the Rococo (1943).
He was professor of architecture and fine arts at the Univ. of Michigan (1912 19) and of art and architecture at the Univ. of Virginia (1919 23) and was in charge of the fine arts department, New York Univ. (1923 25). From 1925 until his retirement in 1955 he was director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and was responsible for the acquisition of many important collections. Much of his architectural work consisted of the restoration of old houses, e.g., of Monticello, the Jefferson home, near Charlottesville, and Stratford, the seat of the Lees, both in Virginia. With G. H. Edgell he wrote A History of Architecture (1918). He was also the author of Domestic Architecture of the American Colonies (1922), American Architecture (1928), and The Creation of the Rococo (1943).
cookbook author, 'Thomas Jefferson's Cook Book'
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