Background
Schapiro, Meyer was born on September 23, 1904 in Shavly, Lithuania, Russia. Came to United States, 1907, naturalized, 1914. Son of Nathan M. and Fanny (Adelman).
Schapiro, Meyer was born on September 23, 1904 in Shavly, Lithuania, Russia. Came to United States, 1907, naturalized, 1914. Son of Nathan M. and Fanny (Adelman).
AB, Columbia University, 1924. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1929.
Lecturer department fine arts and archaeology Columbia University, 1928-1936, assistant professor, 1936-1946, associate professor, 1946-1952, professor art history, 1952-1965. University professor Columbia, 1965-1973. Professor emeritus Columbia University, 1973-1996.
Norton professor Harvard, 1966-1967. Slade professor Oxford University, 1968. Lecturer Institute Fine Arts, New York University, 1932-1936, New School Social Research, 1938-1952, Warburg Institute (London University), 1947, 57, Collège de France, Paris, 1974, Cornell.
University, Indiana University. Fellow Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, 1962-1963.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Medieval Academy American, American Institute Arts and Letters, British Academy.
Son of; married Lillian Milgram, 1928. Children: Miriam, Ernest.