Charles Eliot Norton

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American scholar Harvard University professor art historian human literary critic social critic

Charles Eliot Norton was a prominent 19th-century American scholar, social critic, and Harvard professor known for his influential work in art history, literature, and public affairs.

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American scholar → Harvard University professor → art historian → human → literary critic → social critic →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1827-11-16 →
dateOfDeath	1908-10-21 →
educatedAt	Harvard College → Harvard University →
employer	Harvard University →
familyName	Norton →
fieldOfWork	art history → literature → public affairs →
founded	American Social Science Association → Society of American Friends of Russian Freedom →
fullName	Charles Eliot Norton →
givenName	Charles →
influenced	American art history as an academic discipline → liberal reform movements in the United States →
influencedBy	Dante Alighieri → John Ruskin → Thomas Carlyle →
knownFor	editing and translating major works of European literature → promoting the academic study of fine arts in the United States → public criticism of American imperialism and militarism →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Institute of Arts and Letters →
middleName	Eliot →
movement	anti-imperialism → social reform →
notableWork	Historical Studies of Church-Building in the Middle Ages → Letters of James Russell Lowell → Notes of Travel and Study in Italy → The Heart of Oak Books (school readers, editor) → The Nation (early editorial influence) → The New Life of Dante → edition of The Letters of John Ruskin → translation of Dante's Divine Comedy →
occupation	editor → essayist → professor → translator →
placeOfBirth	Cambridge, Massachusetts →
placeOfDeath	Cambridge, Massachusetts →
positionHeld	Professor of the History of Art at Harvard University → Smith Professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard University →
religion	Unitarianism →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Historical Studies of Church-Building in the Middle Ages → Notes of Travel and Study in Italy →	author
The Heart of Oak Books → The New Life of Dante →	editor
Smith Professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard University →	associatedWith
The Heart of Oak Books →	compiler
Charles Eliot Norton →	fullName
Historical Studies of Church-Building in the Middle Ages →	hasAuthor
Smith Professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard University →	hasNotableHolder
North American Review →	notableEditor
The New Life of Dante →	translator