Background
Phillips, John Marshall was born on January 2, 1905 in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Marshall and Isabel Smith (Walter) Phillips.
Phillips, John Marshall was born on January 2, 1905 in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Marshall and Isabel Smith (Walter) Phillips.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1927, Master of Arts, 1929. M.L.A. (honorary), Trinity College, 1941. Curator silver, Mabel Brady Garvan Collections, Yale University, 1930-1935.
Curator Americana, Garvan Collections, 1935-1942.
Assistant director Yale Art Gallery, 1945-1946. Acting director gallery, 1946-1947, director, since 1948.
Professor of history art, since 1948. Fellow Timothy Dwight College, Yale.
Director Textile Museum, District Columbia.
Liveryman and Freeman, Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, City of London (serving on Antique Plate Committee, London 1945). Specialist in American silver and exposing forgeries in silver.
Assistant director; director Textile Museum, District Specialist in American silver and exposing forgeries in silver.
Served with United States Army Intelligence, 1942-1944. Member American Numismatic Society, Philomathean Society, Walpole Society, American Antiquarian Society, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Phi Beta Kappa.