Alfred Dwight Foster Hamlin

Background

Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster was born on September 5, 1855 in Constantinople, Turkey. Son of Cyrus (Doctor of Divinity, Doctor of Laws, president Robert College, Constantinople) and Harriet Martha (Lovell) H.

Education

Educated Constantinople, private schools and preparatory classes, Robert College. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1875, A.M., 1885. Studied architecture, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1876-1877.

École des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1878-1881. (Doctor of Humane Letters, St. John’s College, 1912).

Career

Special assistant, 1883, instructor, 1887-1889, assistant professor architecture, 1889-1891, Adjunct Professor, 1891-1904, professor of history of architecture, since 1904, Columbia.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: A History of Architecture, 1896. European and Japanese Gardens (in collaboration), 1902. History of Ornament, Ancient and Medieval, 1916.
    
    History of Ornament, Renaissance and Modern, 1923.

Membership

Fellow) The American Institute of Architects.

Connections

Married Minnie F. Marston, June 4, 1885.

Father:

Cyrus Hamlin

Spouse:

Minnie F. Marston