Harold Wethey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Harold Wethey

American art historian

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1902

Place of Birth: Port Byron, New York, United States

Date of Death: 22-Sep-1984

Profession: historian, university teacher, art historian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Harold Edwin Wethey (Port Byron, New York 1902 – Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 22, 1984) was a prominent art historian.
Wethey received a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and his doctorate from Harvard.
He taught at Bryn Mawr College and Washington University in St.
Louis, Missouri before joining the faculty of the University of Michigan in 1940, where he taught until his retirement in 1972.
At the University of Michigan Wethey became chairman of the department of fine arts.
He was survived by his wife, Alice, and a son, David.
In 2006 a digital document was published, covering the life and work of Wethey as an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume issued by Thomson Gale.