Background
Cope, Maurice Erwin was born on February 4, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Henry Erwin and Myragene (Mead) Cope.
Cope, Maurice Erwin was born on February 4, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Henry Erwin and Myragene (Mead) Cope.
Master of Arts in English, University of Chicago, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy in Art History, University of Chicago, 1965; postgraduate, U. Florence, Italy, 1954-1956.
Instructor English,, Valparaiso (Indiana) U., 1949-1951;
instructor, assistant professor humanities, University of Chicago, 1954, 56-60;
assistant professor art history, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1960-1965;
associate professor, professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1965-1972;
professor, U. Delaware, Newark, 1972-1997;
professor emeritus, U. Delaware, Newark, since 1997. Director fund raising in central and south Ohio, Committee To Rescue Italian Artafter Floods of 1966, 1966-1967, representative in Italy, 1967-1968, representative to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization meeting on Venice, 1968. Reader in art history Ednl.
Testing Svc., Princeton, New Jersey, 1972-1977.
With United States Navy, 1944-1946. Member College Art Association (committee for 1964 meeting, session chairman 1979), Renaissance Society of America, Italian Art Society.
Married Beatrice L. Everson, June 18, 1949 (divorced January 1975). Children: Thomas M., Cynthia E. Married C. Penelope Bass, December 23, 1977 (divorced February 1981).
1 child, Nicholas M.