Richard Guy Wilson
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Dr. Richard Guy Wilson is a noted architectural historian and Commonwealth Professor in Architectural History at the University of Virginia
.
Wilson was born and raised in Los Angeles
(residing in a house designed by Rudolph Schindler
). He received his B.A. at the University of Colorado
in 1963, and his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Michigan
in 1968 and 1972 respectively. Wilson taught at Michigan and Iowa State University
before moving to the University of Virginia in 1976. He received the outstanding professor award at Virginia in 2001.
He directs the Victorian Society’s Nineteenth Century Summer School since 1979 that has been located in Boston, Philadelphia and currently Newport, RI.
Wilson's research and writing has focused on American architecture from the 18th to the 20th centuries. He has authored, co-authored or edited over a dozen books. He has served as an advisor and commentator for a number of television programs on PBS, C-Span
, History Channel and A&E
; he frequently appeared on the program America’s Castles.
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
.
Wilson was born and raised in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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(residing in a house designed by Rudolph Schindler
Rudolph Schindler
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). He received his B.A. at the University of Colorado
University of Colorado at Boulder
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in 1963, and his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
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in 1968 and 1972 respectively. Wilson taught at Michigan and Iowa State University
Iowa State University
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before moving to the University of Virginia in 1976. He received the outstanding professor award at Virginia in 2001.
He directs the Victorian Society’s Nineteenth Century Summer School since 1979 that has been located in Boston, Philadelphia and currently Newport, RI.
Wilson's research and writing has focused on American architecture from the 18th to the 20th centuries. He has authored, co-authored or edited over a dozen books. He has served as an advisor and commentator for a number of television programs on PBS, C-Span
C-SPAN
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, History Channel and A&E
A&E Network
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; he frequently appeared on the program America’s Castles.
Books
- Wilson, Richard Guy, The AIA Gold Medal, McGraw-Hill, New York 1984; ISBN 007070810X
- Wilson, Richard Guy (editor), Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont, Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York 2002; ISBN 0195152069
- Wilson, Richard Guy, and Butler, Sara A., The Campus Guide: University of Virginia, Princeton Architectural Press, New York 1999; ISBN 1568981686
- Wilson, Richard Guy, The Colonial Revival House, H.N. Abrams, New York 2004; ISBN 0810949598
- Wilson, Richard Guy, Honor and Intimacy: Architectural Drawings by AIA Gold Medalists, 1907-1983, American Institute of Architects Foundation, Washington DC 1984.
- Wilson, Richard Guy, Pilgrim, Dianne H., and Tashjian, Dickran, The Machine age in America, 1918-1941, Brooklyn Museum in association with Abrams, New York 1986; ISBN 0810914212
- Wilson, Richard Guy, McKim, Mead & White, Architects, Rizzoli, New York 1983; ISBN 0847804917
- Wilson, Richard Guy, and Robinson, Sidney K. (editors), Modern Architecture in America: Visions and Revisions, Iowa State University Press, Ames IA 1991; ISBN 0813803810
- Wilson, Richard Guy, and Robinson, Sidney K., The Prairie School in Iowa, Iowa State University Press, Ames IA 1977
- Wilson, Richard Guy, Eyring, Shaun and Marotta, Kenny (editors), Re-creating the American Past: Essays on the Colonial Revival University of Virginia Press, Charlotteville VA 2006; ISBN 0813923484
- Wilson, Richard Guy, "Harbor Hill, Portrait of a house", W W Norton, 2008, W W Norton page