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Sturgis, Russell
1836 - Born in Baltimore County, Maryland on the 16th of October.
1856 - He graduated from the Free Academy in New York.
1862 - He returned to the United States. He designed Battell Chapel and Farnham and Durfee Halls at Yale.
1880 - He was in Europe and for a short time after his return was secretary of the New York Municipal Civil Service Board.
1889 - He was president of the Architectural League of New York.
1895 - He was first president of the Fine Arts Federation.
- He was a member of the National Society of Mural Painters, the National Sculpture Society, the National Academy of Design, and the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
1896 - He wrote European Architecture.
1901 - He edited A Dictionary of Architecture and Building with architect Charles Amos Cummings,
1903 - How to Judge Architecture.
1904 - The Appreciation of Sculpture.
1905 - His lectures in Chicago being published under the title The Interdependence of the Arts of Design.
- The Appreciation of Pictures.
- A Study of the Artist's Way of Working in the Various Handicrafts and Arts of Design.
1906 - An unfinished History of Architecture.
1909 - Died on the 11th of February.
1856 - He graduated from the Free Academy in New York.
1862 - He returned to the United States. He designed Battell Chapel and Farnham and Durfee Halls at Yale.
1880 - He was in Europe and for a short time after his return was secretary of the New York Municipal Civil Service Board.
1889 - He was president of the Architectural League of New York.
1895 - He was first president of the Fine Arts Federation.
- He was a member of the National Society of Mural Painters, the National Sculpture Society, the National Academy of Design, and the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
1896 - He wrote European Architecture.
1901 - He edited A Dictionary of Architecture and Building with architect Charles Amos Cummings,
1903 - How to Judge Architecture.
1904 - The Appreciation of Sculpture.
1905 - His lectures in Chicago being published under the title The Interdependence of the Arts of Design.
- The Appreciation of Pictures.
- A Study of the Artist's Way of Working in the Various Handicrafts and Arts of Design.
1906 - An unfinished History of Architecture.
1909 - Died on the 11th of February.
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