Frederick B. Deknatel dating history

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Frederick Deknatel (1905–1973) was a member of Harvard's Department of Fine Arts (now Department of the History of Art and Architecture) for 40 years. Although his graduate training was in the field of medieval art and his Ph.D. dissertation on 13th century Gothic sculpture of the cathedrals of Burgos and León, increasingly he became interested in the art of the 19th and 20th centuries. At Harvard the merit of his service was confirmed by his appointment in 1953 to the senior endowed chair in his department, the William Door Boardman professorship. For the latter 30 years of his career, Deknatel was responsible for the department's courses in modern art, acquiring a powerful reputation as a dynamic and influential teacher.