Keith Morgan
Professor Emeritus
History of Art and Architecture
Boston University
United States of America
Biography
A scholar of nineteenth and twentieth century American and European architecture, Professor Morgan is interested in the relationships between architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture. Professor Morgan has taught at Boston University since 1980. He has served as the director of the Preservation Studies Program and of the American and New England Studies Program and as the chairman of the Art History Department on two occasions. He is a former national president of the Society of Architectural Historians. His recent publications include Shaping a New American Landscape: The Art and Architecture of Charles A. Platt, Boston Architecture, 1975-1990, which he coauthored with Professor Naomi Miller, and a new introduction for the republication of Charles Eliot, Landscape Architect. He is the editor and one of the principal authors for Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston, and serves as the architecture editor for The Encyclopedia of New England. He has received research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Buildings of the United States project, several committees for the restoration of historic landmarks and is a trustee of the Hancock Shaker Village.
Research Interest
American & European Architecture, relationships between architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture.
Publications
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Morgan K. Forest and Garden: Traces of Wildness in a Modernizing Land, 1897-1949 by Melanie Simo.
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Morgan KN. Charles Eliot, Landscape Architect: A Research Guide. Institute of Cultural Landscape Studies, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University; 1999.
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Morgan KN, Cheek R. History in the Service of Design: American Architect-Historians, 1870-1940. Studies in the History of Art. 1990 Jan 1;35:61-75.