Charles Eliot Norton (November 16, 1827 – October 21, 1908) was an American author, social critic, and Harvard professor of art based in New England.

Overview. First Professor of Fine Arts, Harvard University; influential mentor for a generation of art historians. Norton was born to a wealthy Boston family ...

Nov 12, 2024 · American scholar and man of letters, an idealist and reformer by temperament, who exhibited remarkable energy in a wide range of activity.

ELIOT NORTON DEAD, NOTED LAWYER HERE; Son of the Famous Harvard Professor Succumbs at 69 in London. A COUSIN OF DR. ELIOT Was Counsel for Many New York Brokers ...

In 1970 Charles was appointed the Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard University. The Norton chair is traditionally held by an individual ...

In late-19th-century Boston, Harvard University professor Charles Eliot Norton was at the center of the intellectual and cultural “flowering of New England.

Harvard's preeminent lecture series in the arts and humanities, the Norton Lectures recognize individuals of extraordinary talent.

He is the author of several bestselling novels, The Name of The Rose, Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of The Day Before, and Baudolino. His collections of ...

His influence was disseminated by the legendary Charles Eliot Norton, the nation's first professor of art history, who taught at Harvard from 1874 to 1898, and by ...

An elegantly written, highly detailed biography of the life, times, and scholarly contributions of Charles Eliot Norton. ... This important work offers the ...