biografia di William Garrison WHITFORD (1886-?)

Birth place: Nile, NY

Addresses: Chicago 37, IL; Olympia Fields, IL

Profession: Craftsman, educator, writer

Studied: C.F. Binns, Alfred Univ. (Ph.B.; D.F.A.); AIC; H.F. Staley, Iowa State College (S.M.)

Member: Am. Ceramic Soc. (fellow); Nat. Educ. Assn.; Western AA.

Work: Univ. Chicago (set of dishes).

Comments: Position: adv. ed., School Arts magazine; head, dept. des. & ceramics, Maryland Inst., 1911-13; dir., workshop in art & crafts, & teacher training, Univ. Chicago, 1913-52; prof. emeritus of art educ., Univ. Chicago, 1952-. Author: Introduction to Art, 1937; co-author: The Classroom Teacher, Vol. I, II, III, 1933-35; Art Stories Books 1, 2 & 3, 1933-35; High School Curriculum Reorganization, 1933, & other books on art education. Contributor: School Arts, School Review, Design; Dictionary of Education, 1945; Encyclopaedia of the Arts, 1946.

Sources: WW59; WW47.