Comfort, George F. (George Fisk), 1833-1910

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Museum director, educator, and one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. Comfort established the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts (now known as the Everson Museum of Art) and the College of Fine Arts, Syracuse University. He served as dean of the College (1873-1893) and as director of the Syracuse Museum from its founding in 1869 until his death in 1910.

From the description of Comfort family papers relating to George Fisk Comfort, [ca. 1857]-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86133062
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referencedIn Huntington, Frederick D. Frederick D. Huntington papers, 1895-1904. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Horace White Papers, 1903-1914 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Comfort family papers relating to George Fisk Comfort Archives of American Art
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Peck, Stephen Rogers, 1912-1988. Stephen Rogers Peck ms. drafts and illustrations for volume "Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist", [1950-1951]. New York Academy of Medicine
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918. Andrew Dickson White papers, 1901-1902. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Wright, Chauncey, 1830-1875. Papers, 1850-1875 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874 Houghton Library
referencedIn Wright, Chauncey, 1830-1875. Papers, 1850-1875 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891 Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Death 1910

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