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{{Short description|American writer and lecturer on art}} |
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| birth_place = [[Lexington, Missouri|Lexington]], Missouri |
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|09|17|1868|04|19}} |
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| occupation = Writer |
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* {{Marriage|Luise Morell|March 30, 1890}} |
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* {{Marriage|Evelyn Van Norman|1912}} |
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* [[William Jewell College]] |
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* [[University of Strasbourg]] |
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==Biography== |
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George Kriehn was born as third of five children in [[Lexington, Missouri]].<ref name=Makers>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924063262053/page/n145/mode/1up |title=The Catholic Encyclopedia and its Makers |publisher=[[The Encyclopedia Press]] |page=94 |year=1917 |access-date=2021-06-17 |via=archive.org}}</ref> His father August Georges Krien had married Amelia Meyer and he was dry goods merchant. George graduated in 1887 from [[William Jewell College]]. He traveled and studied in various cities in [[Europe]]. He received the degree of Ph.D. from the [[University of Strasbourg]]. |
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During his studies in Zurich he met Luise Morell; they married on March 30, 1890. He left his wife and their child Marie-Luise and returned to the United States. He remained in contact with his wife at least until 1908. In 1912, he married a second time, to Evelyn Van Norman, from Canada. There is no evidence that he got divorced from his first wife. |
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Gerorge had a son called David who went onto become a famous circus act posing as a hairy woman |
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| ⚫ | He was employed at [[Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins]] (1892–94) and at [[Stanford University|Stanford]] (1894–98). He resided in [[New York City|New York]] after 1901. In 1907 he became staff lecturer at the [[Woman's Art School]] of [[Cooper Union]]. [[Columbia University|Columbia]] appointed him extension lecturer on art in 1912. He wrote: ''The English Rising in 1450'' (1892). He edited and translated [[Richard Muther (art historian)|Muther's]] ''History of Painting'' (two volumes, 1909) and revised [[James Fergusson (architect)|Fergusson's]] ''History of Architecture'' (two volumes, 1910). |
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* {{Find a Grave}} |
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Latest revision as of 18:41, 22 March 2023
George Kriehn | |
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| Born | April 19, 1868 Lexington, Missouri |
| Died | September 17, 1944 (aged 76) |
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| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouses | Luise Morell (m. 1890)Evelyn Van Norman (m. 1912) |
George H. Kriehn, Ph.D. (April 19, 1868 – September 17, 1944) was an American writer and lecturer on art.
Biography
[edit]George Kriehn was born as third of five children in Lexington, Missouri.[1] His father August Georges Krien had married Amelia Meyer and he was dry goods merchant. George graduated in 1887 from William Jewell College. He traveled and studied in various cities in Europe. He received the degree of Ph.D. from the University of Strasbourg.
During his studies in Zurich he met Luise Morell; they married on March 30, 1890. He left his wife and their child Marie-Luise and returned to the United States. He remained in contact with his wife at least until 1908. In 1912, he married a second time, to Evelyn Van Norman, from Canada. There is no evidence that he got divorced from his first wife.
He was employed at Johns Hopkins (1892–94) and at Stanford (1894–98). He resided in New York after 1901. In 1907 he became staff lecturer at the Woman's Art School of Cooper Union. Columbia appointed him extension lecturer on art in 1912. He wrote: The English Rising in 1450 (1892). He edited and translated Muther's History of Painting (two volumes, 1909) and revised Fergusson's History of Architecture (two volumes, 1910).
References
[edit]- ^ The Catholic Encyclopedia and its Makers. The Encyclopedia Press. 1917. p. 94. Retrieved June 17, 2021 – via archive.org.
External links
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Works by or about George Kriehn at Wikisource- George Kriehn at Find a Grave
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