Background
GOMBRICH., Knight was born on March 30, 1909 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Doctor Karl Gombrich and Professor Leonie (nee Hock).
GOMBRICH., Knight was born on March 30, 1909 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Doctor Karl Gombrich and Professor Leonie (nee Hock).
Theresianum, Vienna, and Vienna University.
Fellow, Warburg Institute 1946-1948, Lecturer 1948-1954, Reader 1954-1956, Special Lecturer 1956-1959, Director 1959-1976. Professor, of History of the Classical Tradition, University of London 1959-1976, Professor Emeritus since 1976. Slade Professor, of Fine Art, University of Oxford 1950-1953.
Duming-Lawrence Professor, of History of Art, University College, London 1956-1959.
Visiting Professor Harvard University 1959. Slade Professor, of Fine Art, University of Cambridge 1961-1963.
Honorary Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge 1963. Professor, at Large, Cornell University 1970-1976.
Trustee, British Museum 1974-1979.
Fellow, Royal College, of Art 1984. Correspondent; Fellow, Royal Institute of British Architects, The Warburg Institute, Royal Academy, London. Honorary Doctorate.Lit. (Queen"s University, Belfast, University of New York), Honorary Doctor of Laws (Saint Andrews), Honorary Doctor of Letters (Leeds, Oxford), Honorary Doctor of Letters (Cambridge, Manchester), Honorary Doctorate.Hum.Litt.
(Chicago University) 1975, (Pennsylvania University) 1977, Honorary Doctor of Letters (Harvard, London) 1976, Doctorate.Univ.
(Essex) 1977, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (Brandeis University) 1981. West. H. Smith and Son Annual Literary.
Standing Commission, on Museums and Galleries (now Museums and Galleries Commission) 1976-1983. Turin, Uppsala, Netherlands, Bavarian and Swedish Academies. American Academy, of Arts and Sciences.
American Philosophical Society, American Academy, and Institute of Arts and Letters.
Married Use Heller in 1936.