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Beaumont Newhall

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American curator, art historian, writer and photographer (1908-1993)

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Beaumont Newhall was an American curator, art historian, writer, photographer, and the second director of the George Eastman Museum. His book, The History of Photography, remains one of the most significant accounts in the field and has become a classic photographic history textbook.

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1975Guggenheim Fellowship
1947Guggenheim Fellowship
MacArthur Fellows Program

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Beaumont Newhall was an American curator, art historian, writer, photographer, and the second director of the George Eastman Museum. His book, The History of Photography, remains one of the most significant accounts in the field and has become a classic photographic history textbook. Newhall was the recipient of numerous awards and accolades for his accomplishments in the study of photographic history.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1908 to 1993 · aged 84
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