Bill Sherman (literary scholar) explained

Birth Date:	26 January 1966
Office:	Director of the Warburg Institute
Term Start:	2017
Predecessor:	David Freedberg
Occupation:	Academic Administrator
Alma Mater:	Columbia University (BA) University of Cambridge (PhD)
Birth Place:	Saint Paul, Minnesota

William H. Sherman^[1] (born 26 January 1966) is an American-born British academic who is director of the Warburg Institute.^{[2] [3]}

Biography

Sherman was born on 26 January 1966, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1988,^[4] a M.Phil. and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge.^[5]

Sherman taught English at the University of Maryland, College Park from 1993 to 2004, before moving to the University of York, where he taught English literature from 2005 to 2013, and founded its Centre for Renaissance & Early Modern Studies, of which he also served as director until 2011.^[6]

He joined Victoria and Albert Museum as head of research in 2014, and was named director of research and collections in 2016.^[7]

In 2017, he was named director of the Warburg Institute at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.^{[8] [9]}

References

1. Web site: William H. Sherman.
2. Web site: 1 August 2017. Warburg Institute appoints the V&A's Bill Sherman as director. 3 February 2022. The Art Newspaper.
3. Web site: Bill Sherman. 3 February 2022. The Warburg Institute. en.
4. Book: Columbia College today. June 2005. New York, N.Y.. Columbia College Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.
5. Web site: William H. Sherman.
6. Web site: William H. Sherman – English and Related Literature, University of York. 3 February 2022. www.york.ac.uk.
7. Web site: Victoria and Albert Museum. 12 June 2014. Bill Sherman Biography. 3 February 2022. www.vam.ac.uk. en-GB.
8. Web site: 5 November 2017. Bill Sherman. 3 February 2022. Alain Elkann Interviews. en-US.
9. Web site: Bill Sherman Appointed Director of Warburg Institute. 3 February 2022. www.artandeducation.net.