Oliver Samuel Tonks Explained

Oliver Samuel Tonks
Birth Date:26 December 1874
Birth Place:Malden, Massachusetts, United States
Death Place:Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
Occupation:Art historian
Educator
Discipline:Art history
Sub Discipline:Classical art
Workplaces:Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
University of Vermont
Columbia University
Princeton University
Vassar College
Influences:Allan Marquand
Influenced:Alfred H. Barr Jr.
Henry-Russell Hitchcock
A. Hyatt Mayor
Alma Mater:Harvard University
Thesis Title:Brygos
Thesis Url:http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990039755120203941/catalog
Thesis Year:1903

Oliver Samuel Tonks (December 26, 1874 – December 25, 1953) was an American art historian, educator, and curator. Tonks was Professor of Art History Emeritus at Vassar College.

Career

Born in Malden, Tonks was educated at Harvard University, where he earned three degrees: a Bachelor of Arts in 1898, a Master of Arts in 1899, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Classical Archeology in 1903.[1] He was the first to be awarded a doctorate at Harvard in that field, and wrote a dissertation on the Brygos Painter.[2] Additionally, Tonks was a fellow at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens for the 1901 to 1902 academic year. In the following year, he acted as Assistant Curator of Classical Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Upon graduating, Tonks began his career with one year stints teaching Ancient Greek at the University of Vermont and Columbia University. First, he was an instructor, and then was a lecturer. From 1905 to 1911, Tonks was hired by Allan Marquand to teach art history and archeology at Princeton University. In that final year, he was hired as Chair and Professor of Art History at Vassar College until his retirement in 1944. Tonks was then given the title Emeritus, which he held until his death in Poughkeepsie in 1953.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tonks, Oliver Samuel . 21 February 2018 .
  2. Web site: Catalog. harvard.edu.
  3. Web site: Tonks, Oliver Samuel, 1874-1953 -- Memorial Minute | Vassar College Digital Library . May 17, 2022 . November 28, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201128180025/https://digitallibrary.vassar.edu/islandora/object/vassar%3A31995#page/1/mode/1up . dead .