Alfred Moir | |
Birth Date: | 12 April 1924 |
Birth Place: | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Death Place: | Santa Barbara, California |
Other Names: | Alfred Kummer Moir |
Nationality: | American |
Fields: | art history |
Workplaces: | University of California, Santa Barbara |
Alma Mater: | Harvard University |
Thesis Title: | The Character and Development of Caravaggism in Italy and its Regional Aspects |
Thesis Year: | 1953 |
Alfred Moir (14 April 1924—13 November 2010) was an art historian, collector and author of numerous books on baroque art.
Moir (pronounced 'Moi-er') was the son of William Wilmerding Moir and Blanche Kummer. Between 1943 and 1946,[1] he served in the U.S. Army, turning down an officer's commission to retire as Master Sergeant.[2]
In 1948, Moir obtained his bachelor's from Harvard, followed, in 1949, by an M.A. After being granted a Ph.D. by Harvard University in 1953, Moir taught at Newcomb–Tulane College, New Orleans. He joined the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1963, from where he retired emeritus in 1991.[1]