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Richard Harold Wendorf (born 17 March 1948) is an art historian, literary critic, and museum and library director. He has served as the Director of the American Museum in Britain since January 2010. Wendorf was formerly the Stanford Calderwood Director and Librarian of the Boston Athenaeum, the Librarian (director) of Harvard University’s Houghton Library, and Professor of English and Art History at Northwestern University. His book on Sir Joshua Reynolds won the Biennial Annibel Jenkins Biography Prize from the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. == Career== Wendorf began his academic career in the English department at Northwestern University: as Assistant Professor (1976-1981), Associate Professor (1981-1985), and Professor (1985-1989). In 1985 he was also made a Professor of Art History. He served for four years as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern (1984-1988) and was awarded a Distinguished Teaching Prize in 1978. Wendorf became Librarian (now the Florence Fearrington Librarian) of the Houghton Library at Harvard in 1989, and also served as Senior Lecturer on the Fine Arts. Founded in 1942, the Houghton Library is the principal rare-book library at Harvard University and one of the most important collections of its kind in the world. The library has significant holdings in American, British, and European rare books, literary and historical manuscripts, printing and graphic arts, and theatre history. Wendorf led the library through its fiftieth anniversary with several exhibitions and publications, the acquisition of the Houghton Mifflin archive, and an international symposium on the future of rare book and manuscript libraries. In 1997 he moved to the Boston Athenaeum, serving for 12 years as the director and librarian. Founded in 1807, the Boston Athenæum is one of the nation’s oldest cultural institutions. With 7,000 members and collections that include 600,000 books and significant holdings of prints, photographs, paintings, statues, and manuscripts, the Athenæum is a center for scholarly research as well as a resource for students, writers, and families. The Athenæum completed a $30-million renovation and expansion project and a matching capital campaign in 2002; in 2007 it celebrated its bicentennial with a series of exhibitions and publications, including "Boston Collects" at the Grolier Club in New York. After retiring from the Boston Athenaeum in 2009, Wendorf was named Director of the American Museum in Britain, arriving at Bath, England, in January 2010. Founded in 1961, the American Museum in Britain is located at Claverton Manor on the outskirts of Bath. The museum specializes in American decorative arts and folk art, and the manor house, designed by Sir Jeffry Wyatville in 1820, contains a series of period rooms documenting American domestic history from the colonial period through the late nineteenth century. The museum hosts an annual exhibition as well as numerous lectures, concerts, workshops, and historical re-enactments throughout the year. Its new Folk Art Gallery, Stables, and Coach House were opened in 2011 during its 50th-anniversary year. Wendorf was appointed Visiting Professor at Bath Spa University in 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Wendorf」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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