Background
Shapley, John was born on August 7, 1890 in near Jasper, Missouri, United States. Son of Willis Harlow and Sarah (Stowell) Shapley.
Shapley, John was born on August 7, 1890 in near Jasper, Missouri, United States. Son of Willis Harlow and Sarah (Stowell) Shapley.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Missouri, 1912. Fellow, Princeton, 1912-1913, Master of Arts, 1913, Procter fellow, 1914-1915. Fellow American Academy at Rome, 1913-1914.
Doctor of Philisophy, University of Vienna, 1914.
Instructor in art Brown University, 1915-1919, assistant professor, 1919-1924. Associate professor, Washington Square College, New York University, 1924-1926, professor, New York University, 1926-1929, University of Chicago, 1929-1939, School for Asiatic Studies from 1939. Visiting professor of University of Chicago, 1920, Harvard, 1921, University of Missouri, 1927, London, 1933-1935, Johns Hopkins, 1939-1942.
Professor art and archaeology Catholic U. from 1952.
Trustee Bureau University Travel.
Member College Art Association, Byzanthine Institute, Asia Institute (director studies, from 1953), Archaeological Institute American, American Association Museums, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Fern Helen Rusk, September 19, 1981. Children: Dora, Ellen.