Bill Sherman (literary scholar)

William H. Sherman[1] (born 26 January 1966) is an American-born British academic who is director of the Warburg Institute.[2][3]

Bill Sherman
Director of the Warburg Institute
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byDavid Freedberg
Personal details
Born (1966-01-26) 26 January 1966 (age 58)
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Alma materColumbia University (BA)
University of Cambridge (PhD)
OccupationAcademic
Administrator

Biography

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Sherman was born on 26 January 1966, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1988,[4] a M.Phil. and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge.[1]

Sherman taught English at the University of Maryland, College Park from 1993 to 2004, before moving to the University of York, where he taught English literature from 2005 to 2013, and founded its Centre for Renaissance & Early Modern Studies, of which he also served as director until 2011.[5]

He joined Victoria and Albert Museum as head of research in 2014, and was named director of research and collections in 2016.[6]

In 2017, he was named director of the Warburg Institute at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "William H. Sherman" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b "Warburg Institute appoints the V&A's Bill Sherman as director". The Art Newspaper. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Bill Sherman". The Warburg Institute. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  4. ^ Columbia College today. New York, N.Y.: Columbia College Office of Alumni Affairs and Development. June 2005.
  5. ^ "William H. Sherman – English and Related Literature, University of York". www.york.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Bill Sherman Biography". www.vam.ac.uk. Victoria and Albert Museum. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2022.