Background
Hill, Bert Hodge was born on March 7, 1874 in Bristol, Vermont, United States. Son of Alson Collins and Carrie Emily (Hodge) Hill.
Hill, Bert Hodge was born on March 7, 1874 in Bristol, Vermont, United States. Son of Alson Collins and Carrie Emily (Hodge) Hill.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Vermont, 1895. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1900. Student American School Classical Studies, Athens, Greece, 1900-1903.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Vermont, 1920.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Salonica, 1951.
December 1954). Principal Newport (Vermont) Academy, 1895-1898. Assistant curator classical antiquities, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1903-1906. Lecturer on Greek sculpture, Wellesley College, 1904-1906.
Director American School Classical Studies, Athens, Greece, 1906-1926, also member managing committee.
Acting vice chairman and chairman Greek Refugee Settlement Commission (under League of Nations), 1927, 28. Director University of Pennsylvania Museum excavations, Cyprus, 1931-1932 (Lapithos), 1934-1954 (Kourion), honorary research fellow, since 1955.
Norton lecturer Archaeological Institute American, 1936-1937.
Director emeritus American School Classical Studies at Athens since 1949.
Executive officer United States Ednl. Foundation in Greece, 1950-1952.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Archaeological Institute America (vice president 1949), American Philological Association, Austrian Arehæol. Institute, German Archæol.
Institute, Greek Archæol.
Society (honorary), Society for Promotion of Hellenic Studies of London (honorary), Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Psi.
Married Ida Carleton Thallon, August 15, 1924 (deceased.