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Doğan Kuban

1926 – 2021

Turkish art historian

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Lived 1926 – 2021 (aged 95). Doğan Kuban was a Turkish architect, writer, architectural historian, restorer and historian.

Doğan Kuban (10 April 1926 – 22 September 2021) was a Turkish architectural historian.

Biography Kuban was born in Paris.

He received his bachelor's degree in architecture from Istanbul Technical University (ITU). Shortly thereafter he started his academic career. In the 1960s and 1970s he spent time as a research fellow at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library with a scholarship from Harvard University. He became a professor in 1965, and he retired recently. Among his other work, he aided Professor Cecil L. Striker, of the University of Pennsylvania, in his scholarly restoration of the Kalenderhane Mosque in Istanbul.

Kuban's urban history of Istanbul—one of the more complete diachronic histories of the city—is available in English as Istanbul: An Urban History. Byzantion, Constantinopolis, Istanbul (Istanbul, 1996). He died on 22 September 2021 at the age of 95.

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Birth century
Nationality
Education
Istanbul Technical University
Employers
Istanbul Technical University
Awards
Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Doğan Kuban's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Doğan Kuban?

Turkish art historian (1926–2021)

When was Doğan Kuban born?

Doğan Kuban was born on 10 April 1926 in Paris.

When did Doğan Kuban die?

Doğan Kuban died on 22 September 2021 in Istanbul.

What was Doğan Kuban's occupation?

Doğan Kuban was an architect, writer, architectural historian, restorer and historian.

What nationality was Doğan Kuban?

Doğan Kuban was Turkish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Doğan Kuban

· Wikidata: Q5303861

· DBpedia: Doğan Kuban

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