Background
Friend, Albert Mathias was born on February 27, 1894 in Ogontz, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Albert Matthias and Clara Belle (Tappen) Friend.
Friend, Albert Mathias was born on February 27, 1894 in Ogontz, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Albert Matthias and Clara Belle (Tappen) Friend.
Student of University Pennsylvania, 1910-1911.
Instructor art and archaeology Princeton, 1921-1924, assistant professor, 1924-1927, associate professor, 1927-1936, professor, 1936-1946, Marquand professor art and archaeology since 1946. Director studies Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard since 1944. Trustee American Academy Rome, Procter Foundation.
Served as corporal 29th Engineer Corps, France, 1918-1919. Fellow Mediaeval Academy American (1st vice president), Pierpont Morgan Library. Member American Philosophical Society, Societe Nationale des Antiquaires de France, American Numismatic Society (council).
Club: Nassau (Princeton, New Jersey).