William Bell Dinsmoor, Jr.

1923 - 1988  (65 years)

• Name	William Bell Dinsmoor
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	2 Jul 1923	New York, New York County, New York
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	KT7F-C5P
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  Book Article	A Biographical Dictionary of Historic Scholars, Museum Professionals and Academic Historians of Art
  	Dinsmoor, William B[ell,] Jr. Date born: 1923 Place born: New York, New York Date died: 1988 Place died: Athens Classical archaeologist and architectural historian, son of William Bell Dinsmoor, senior. Dinsmoor was born to William Bell Dinsmoor (q.v.) and Zillah F. Pierce (Dinsmoor,1886-1960). His father was an eminent classical era architectural historian. The younger Dinsmoor attended Phillips Exeter Academy and then Columbia University, taking time out for active service in the military during World War II. After service in Indian and China, he returned to Columbia where he received a B.A. in modern languages in 1947. Like his father, he trained in practicing architecture, achieving a Bachelor's (1947) and Master's (1951). Moving to El Paso, Texas, Dinsmoor ran a small business as an architect and engineer. Dinsmoor returned to Greece to assist Lucy Taxis Shoe Meritt (1906-2003) with her survey of Greek architectural moulding and Carl W. Blegen (1887-1971) on his books on Troy and Pylos. Dinsmoor's archeological experience came working with Oscar Broneer (q.v.), then publishing his find of the temple of Poseidon in Athens. He was the 1962-63 Olivia James Fellow at the Archaeological Institute of America. In 1966 Dinsmoor was appointed Architect for the Agora archeological excavations, a position which he held until his death. In 1971 Dinsmoor began publishing his own research, mostly on Athenian architecture, but also on Corfu and Stobi. He was editing a work of his father's, the Propylaia of Athena, at the time of his death. A work on Athena Sounias, with Homer Thompson (1906-2000), also failed to appear in his lifetime, though Thompson had planned to publish it after Dinsmoor's death. Dinsmoor's research established the configuration of the entrance way before the Propylaia, a work he published in The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis, volume one, The Predecessors (1980). Home Country: United States Sources: [obituaries:] Camp, John McKesson. American Journal of Archaeology 93 (April 1989): 233-4; American School of Classical Studies at Athens Newsletter no.22 (Fall1988):14. Bibliography: The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis. 2 vols. Princeton, NJ: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1980; and Camp, John McKesson. Ancient Athenian Building Methods. Athens: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1984.
  Died	7 Jul 1988	Athens, Central Athens, Anatolikis Attikís, Greece
  	William Bell Dinsmoor Jr. was a second generation archeological architect. He spent the last twenty-five years of his life in Greece.
  Buried	Aft 7 Jul 1988	First Cemetery, Proto Necrotaphio, Athens, Central Athens, Anatolikis Attikís, Greece
  Person ID	I11536	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	William Bell Dinsmoor, Sr.,   b. 29 Jul 1886, Windham, Rockingham Co., NH ,   d. 2 Jul 1973, Athens, Central Athens, Anatolikis Attikís, Greece  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Zillah Frances Pierce,   b. 27 Sep 1886, Pigeon Cove, Essex Co., MA ,   d. 28 Sep 1960, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts  (Age 74 years)
  Marriage Registration	12 Sep 1910	Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  	Vol. ?, p. 404
  	William Bell Dinsmoor and Zilla Frances Pierce were married at Cambridge on Sept. 8, 1910, by Alfred A. Wright, Miniater, 9 Clinton St., Cambridge. It was a first marriage for each. William, age 24 of 36 Rosemont St., Boston, was an architect, and was born in Windham, N.H., to William W. Dinsmoor and Annie M. McDonald. Zillah, age 23 of 64 Prospect St., Cambridge, was born in Rockport to John C. Pierce and Emma E. Saunders.
  Married	18 Sep 1910	Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  	https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N485-JM9 Name: William Bell Dinsmoor Titles and Terms: Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 08 Sep 1910 Event Place: Cambridge, , Massachusetts Gender: Male Age: 24 Marital Status: Race: Birth Date: 1886 Birthplace: Windham, , New Hampshire Registration Year: Registration Place: Cambridge, , Massachusetts Birth Year (Estimated): 1886 Father's Name: William W Dinsmoor Father's Titles and Terms: Mother's Name: Annie M Mcdonald Mother's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Name: Zillah Frances Pierce Spouse's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Race: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Father's Name: John C Pierce Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Mother's Name: Emma E Saunders Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms: Certificate Number: 7353 GS Film number: 2315512 Digital Folder Number: 4329363 Image Number: 00488 Number of Images: 1 Collection: William Bell Dinsmoor, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915"
  Family ID	F37959	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Higgins,   b. 26 Feb 1923, Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ,   d. 11 Jun 2008, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas  (Age 85 years)
  Married	4 Sep 1948	Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
  Divorced	1967
  Marriage Status	Divorced
  Children	1. M.P. Dinsmoor   2. D.M. Dinsmoor   3. W.B. Dinsmoor, III   4. Judge R.D. Dinsmoor
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2018
  Family ID	F5235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 2 Jul 1923 - New York, New York County, New York Married - 4 Sep 1948 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California Died - 7 Jul 1988 - Athens, Central Athens, Anatolikis Attikís, Greece Buried - Aft 7 Jul 1988 - First Cemetery, Proto Necrotaphio, Athens, Central Athens, Anatolikis Attikís, Greece  = Link to Google Earth