Background
Crosby, Sumner Mcknight was born on July 29, 1909 in Minneapolis. Son of Franklin Muzzy and Harriet (McKnight) Crosby.
Crosby, Sumner Mcknight was born on July 29, 1909 in Minneapolis. Son of Franklin Muzzy and Harriet (McKnight) Crosby.
Student, Blake School, Hopkins, Minnesota Student, Ecole des Chartes, Paris, France, 1934-1935.
Instructor Yale, 1936-1940, assistant professor of history of art, 1940-1943, 1945-1947, associate professor, 1947-1952, professor, 1952-1978, professor emeritus, 1978-1982, department chairman history art, 1947-1953, 62-65. Excavated in Abbey Church Saint Denis, north of Paris, summers 1938, 39, 46, 47, 48, 67, 68, 69, 71. Curator Art Gallery, 1946-1978.
Fellow Berkeley College, Yale, 1939-1982.
Chairman Carolyn Foundation. Director The Crosby Company Visiting committee fine arts Harvard, 1959-1965.
Member visiting committee department art and archaeology Princeton, 1962-1968. Director International Center Medieval Art, 1956-1982, president, 1965-1968.
Member international committee history art, 1950-1975.
Member Medieval Academy American, Archaeological Institute American (trustee 1966-1969), Societe d’Archeologie Francaise, Society National des Antiquaires de France (honorary), American Philosophical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: Century Association (New York City), Yale (New York City).
Married Sarah Rathbone Townsend, October 19, 1935. Children: Sumner McKnight, William F., Frederick T., Gerrit L. Student, Blake School.