Burton Y. Berry
Burton Y. Berry | |
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| Born | Burton Yost Berry August 31, 1901 Collège de Sorbonne[2] |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Burton Yost Berry (August 31, 1901 – August 22, 1985) was an American diplomat and art collector.[3]
Berry was born in
Ambassador to Iraq from 1952 to 1954.[3] He then retired, and lived in Istanbul, Beirut, Cairo and finally in Zürich.[3]
Early on in his career, Berry began to collect Middle Eastern textiles coins, gems, jewelry and other antiques. The textiles collection was donated to the
Indiana University Art Museum.[6]
Footnotes
- ^ Indiana University alumni quarterly, Volume 9
- ^ Calinescu 1994, p. 4.
- ^ a b c The New York Times Obituary August 26, 1985
- ^ "Art Institute of Chicago". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ "American Numismatic Society". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ Indiana University: Research & Creative Activity Archived June 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
References
- Berry, Burton Y. (1999). Romanian Diaries, 1944-1947. Center for Romanian Studies. OCLC 260090662.
- Calinescu, Adriana (1994). The art of ancient jewelry: an introduction to the Burton Y. Berry Collection. Bloomington, Indiana: OCLC 31038145.
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