Homer, William Innes

Art historian and scholar William Innes Homer was born in Merion, Pennsylvania on November 8, 1929. His Father, Austin Homer, was president of the J.E Caldwell & Co. in Philadelphia. Homer attended Princeton University, where he received his B.A in Art in Archaeology in 1951. He then studied at Harvard University where he received the M.A and Ph.D in Fine Arts in 1954 and 1960, respectively. In 1961 Homer took a job as an assistant professor in the Art and Archaeology Department at Princeton. He then went on to be an associate professor of Art History at Cornell University in 1964. In 1966 Homer was hired by the University of Delaware. He was later named the H. Rodney Sharp Professor Emeritus of Art History and acted as Chairman of the Art History Department at the University of Delaware from 1966 until 1981 and again from 1986 until 1993. Homer continued to teach at the University of Delaware until his retirement in 2000. During his tenure he published several books including Thomas Eakins: His Life and Art and Alfred Stieglitz and the Photo-Secession. He has also been a consultant on documentary films pertaining to his areas of expertise including the Thomas Eakins: Scenes from Modern Life. Homer married Virginia Doris Keller in 1954; he married Christine Datri Hyer in 1986.

From the guide to the Papers, 1953-1960, (Harvard Art Museum Archives)

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