Alfred Moir (14 April 1924—13 November 2010) was an art historian, collector and author of numerous books on baroque art.
Moir (pronounced 'Moi-er') was the son of William Wilmerding Moir and Blanche Kummer. Between 1943 and 1946,
he served in the
U.S. Army
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, turning down an officer's commission to retire as
Master Sergeant.
In 1948, Moir obtained his bachelor's from Harvard, followed, in 1949, by an M.A. After being granted a Ph.D. by
Harvard University
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in 1953, Moir taught at
Newcomb–Tulane College
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,
. He joined the
University of California, Santa Barbara
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in 1963, from where he retired ''emeritus'' in 1991.
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1924 births
2010 deaths
Harvard University alumni
University of California, Santa Barbara faculty
American art historians
20th-century American historians
American male non-fiction writers
United States Army personnel of World War II
People from Minneapolis
20th-century American male writers
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