Background
Dyson, Robert Harris was born on August 2, 1927 in York, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert and Harriet Myrtle (Duck) Dyson.
archaeologist educator Museum director emeritus
Dyson, Robert Harris was born on August 2, 1927 in York, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert and Harriet Myrtle (Duck) Dyson.
AB, Harvard University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1966; AM (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1971.
Assistant curator, assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, 1955-1962; associate curator, associate professor, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, 1962-1967; curator, professor, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, 1967-1995; curator, professor emeritus, since 1995; dean faculty arts and science, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, 1979-1982; director music, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, 1982-1994; director emeritus, since 1995; field director Iran expedition, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, 1956-1977.
Honorary trustee American Institute Iranian Studies, 1975-1978, 79-, president, 1968, 87-89. Member Archaeological Institute American, president, 1979-1981. Member British School Archaeology Iraq, British Institute of Persian Studies.
Member Society Fellows Harvard University, American Philosophical Society, Deutschen Archäologischen Institute, Institute Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente.