Evelyn Byrd Harrison

Evelyn Byrd Harrison (June 5, 1920 – November 3, 2012) was an American classical scholar and archaeologist. She was Edith Kitzmiller Professor of the History of Fine Arts at the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University and was for more than 60 years associated with the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Harrison specialized in 5th century B.C. Athenian sculpture.

Biography Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, Harrison was a member of both the Byrd and Harrison families of Virginia. She attended John Marshall High School in Richmond, Virginia. In 1941 she graduated from Barnard College with an A.B. and received her M.A. in 1943 from Columbia University. Further studies were postponed by World War II. Harrison worked for the War Department deciphering Japanese codes. She became Edith Kitzmiller Professor of the History of Fine Arts at New York University in 1974 where she remained until retirement in 2006. Harrison died in New York City on November 3, 2012. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1973) Member of the American Philosophical Society (1979) Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement (1992)

Selected bibliography Ancient portraits from the Athenian Agora, 1960 Archaic and archaistic sculpture, 1965 The Athenian Agora : results of excavations conducted by the American school of classical studies at Athens, 1965 Portrait sculpture, 1961 The Constantinian portrait, 1967