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20: 96:, and then at the Institute of Fine Arts (IFA) for more than 30 years from 1960. After retiring from full-time teaching in the 1980s, he remained a doctoral adviser at IFA. 188: 268: 253: 223: 258: 162: 243: 238: 228: 92:. He lived in Japan for some time, before returning to Princeton and earning a Ph.D. in art history in 1944. He taught at 233: 263: 19: 218: 248: 81: 117: 65: 24: 121: 105:
from 1958 until his death in 1993. His scholarship covered the breath of Asian art, ranging from
137: 57: 110: 213: 208: 106: 85: 32: 8: 61: 93: 202: 133: 101: 52: 43: 28: 89: 47: 77: 42:(February 18, 1904 – January 13, 1993) was an American 116:
In 1990, he became the ninth person to be awarded the
136:, and four grandchildren. He died at his home in 200: 99:Soper served as editor of the academic journal 163:"Alexander Soper, 88; Historian of Asian Art" 269:Corresponding fellows of the British Academy 84:in 1925 with a bachelor's degree, and from 50:. He was a longtime editor of the journal 254:20th-century American non-fiction writers 140:, on January 13, 1993, at the age of 88. 80:on February 18, 1904. He graduated from 18: 201: 157: 155: 153: 23:Alexander Soper (left) receiving the 132:Soper had a son, John, who lived in 13: 224:Hamilton College (New York) alumni 150: 88:in 1929 with a master's degree in 71: 14: 280: 259:Historians from New York (state) 181: 113:to Indian Buddhist sculpture. 1: 143: 244:Historians of East Asian art 7: 239:New York University faculty 229:Princeton University alumni 190:A Case of Meaningful Magic. 127: 10: 285: 187:Soper, Alexander. (1990). 40:Alexander Coburn Soper III 234:Bryn Mawr College faculty 264:Historians from Illinois 118:Charles Lang Freer Medal 66:Charles Lang Freer Medal 25:Charles Lang Freer Medal 219:American art historians 122:Smithsonian Institution 138:Rosemont, Pennsylvania 58:Institute of Fine Arts 36: 16:American art historian 111:Japanese architecture 56:and professor at the 22: 86:Princeton University 33:Freer Gallery of Art 249:People from Chicago 62:New York University 46:who specialized in 169:. January 14, 1993 76:Soper was born in 37: 31:, Director of the 94:Bryn Mawr College 276: 193: 185: 179: 178: 176: 174: 159: 82:Hamilton College 284: 283: 279: 278: 277: 275: 274: 273: 199: 198: 197: 196: 186: 182: 172: 170: 161: 160: 151: 146: 130: 74: 72:Life and career 17: 12: 11: 5: 282: 272: 271: 266: 261: 256: 251: 246: 241: 236: 231: 226: 221: 216: 211: 195: 194: 180: 167:New York Times 148: 147: 145: 142: 129: 126: 73: 70: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 281: 270: 267: 265: 262: 260: 257: 255: 252: 250: 247: 245: 242: 240: 237: 235: 232: 230: 227: 225: 222: 220: 217: 215: 212: 210: 207: 206: 204: 192: 191: 184: 168: 164: 158: 156: 154: 149: 141: 139: 135: 134:New Hampshire 125: 123: 119: 114: 112: 108: 104: 103: 102:Artibus Asiae 97: 95: 91: 87: 83: 79: 69: 67: 64:. He won the 63: 59: 55: 54: 53:Artibus Asiae 49: 45: 44:art historian 41: 34: 30: 29:Milo C. Beach 26: 21: 189: 183: 171:. Retrieved 166: 131: 115: 100: 98: 90:architecture 75: 51: 39: 38: 214:1993 deaths 209:1904 births 203:Categories 144:References 173:April 22, 68:in 1990. 48:Asian art 128:Personal 120:by the 107:Chinese 78:Chicago 35:, 1990. 27:from 175:2015 109:and 60:of 205:: 165:. 152:^ 124:. 177:.

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Charles Lang Freer Medal
Milo C. Beach
Freer Gallery of Art
art historian
Asian art
Artibus Asiae
Institute of Fine Arts
New York University
Charles Lang Freer Medal
Chicago
Hamilton College
Princeton University
architecture
Bryn Mawr College
Artibus Asiae
Chinese
Japanese architecture
Charles Lang Freer Medal
Smithsonian Institution
New Hampshire
Rosemont, Pennsylvania



"Alexander Soper, 88; Historian of Asian Art"
A Case of Meaningful Magic.
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1904 births
1993 deaths

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