John R. Stilgoe

John Robert Stilgoe (born 1949) is an American historian and photographer who is the Robert and Lois Orchard Professor in the History of Landscape at the Visual and Environmental Studies Department of Harvard University, where he has been teaching since 1977. He is also a fellow of the Society of American Historians. He was featured on a 60 Minutes episode in 2004 entitled "The Eyes Have It".

Biography Stilgoe was born in Norwell, Massachusetts in 1949. His father was a boatbuilder. He graduated from Boston University with a B.A. in 1971, and from Purdue University with an M.A. in 1973. He entered Harvard's Ph.D. program in American Civilizations in 1973, where he studied under J. B. Jackson, a landscape essayist known for his studies of vernacular American landscapes.

Awards Francis Parkman Prize, 1983 George Hilton Medal Bradford Williams Medal, 1984 American Institute of Architects award for collaborative research Charles C. Eldredge prize for art-history research