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Hamlin (ALFRED DWIGHT)

ALFRED DWIGHT in Constantinople, Turkey, in 1855, son of Cyrus Hamlin, founder and president of Robert College. He graduated from Amherst College in 1875 and studied ar- FOSTER, an American architect, born of Robert College. He graduated from Paris. In 1883 he was appointed special assistant of architecture in Colum- Amherst College in 1875 and studied architecture in the United States and in Paris. In 1883 he was appointed spe- cial assistant of architecture in Columinstructor, assistant professor of archibia University, and became successively instructor, assistant professor of archi- tecture, adjunct professor, and full pro- He was the author of "A History of Architecture" (1896) "History of Orna- ment, Ancient and Medieval" (1916) fessor in that institution. He was a member of several architectural societies. He was the author of "A History of Arand was a frequent contributor to architectural periodicals, and to various dictionaries and encyclopedias. ment, Ancient and Medieval" (1916);