Community of Scholars Profile

Heckscher, William S.

Information in this profile has been submitted by the individual or is based on Institute records, including the publication A Community of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study 1930-1980.

Data from Institute records

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Visits to IAS

TypeAffiliationStart DateEnd Date
[M]HistSt9/1/19366/30/1937
[M]HistSt9/1/19466/30/1947
[M]HistSt9/1/19519/1/1953
[M]HistSt9/1/19606/3/1961

Year of Death: 1999

Field of Study while at IAS: History of Art

Past and Other Appointments

AppointmentOrganizationStart YearEnd Year
Ed in Chief Netherlands Yearbook for Art Hist 1959-60

Degrees

DegreeYearInstitution
Ph.D.1936Hamburg Univ

Honors

DescriptionYear
Recipient of a Festschrift1964
Founder-member Soc of Indexers (London) 1957ff
Andrew Mellon Prof 1963/4
Mem Comm on Surviving Traces of Antiquity London Univ 1950-
Benjamin Franklin Fellow Royal Society of Arts (London)