Bill Sherman (academic)

William H. "Bill" Sherman[1] is an American-born British academic who currently serves as director of the Warburg Institute.[2][3]

Biography

Sherman was born on January 26, 1966, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1988,[4] a M.Phil. and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge.[1]

Sherman taught English at the University of Maryland, College Park from 1993 to 2004, before moving to University of York, where he taught English literature from 2005 to 2013, and founded its Centre for Renaissance & Early Modern Studies, of which he also served as director until 2011.[5]

He joined Victoria and Albert Museum as head of research in 2014, and was named director of research and collections in 2016.[6]

In 2017, he was named director of the Warburg Institute at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.[7][8]

References
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  2. "Warburg Institute appoints the V&A's Bill Sherman as director". The Art Newspaper. 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  3. "Bill Sherman". The Warburg Institute. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  4. Columbia College today. New York, N.Y.: Columbia College Office of Alumni Affairs and Development. June 2005.
  5. "William H. Sherman - English and Related Literature, University of York". www.york.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  6. "Bill Sherman Biography". www.vam.ac.uk. Victoria and Albert Museum. 2014-06-12. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  7. "Bill Sherman". Alain Elkann Interviews. 2017-11-05. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  8. "Bill Sherman Appointed Director of Warburg Institute". www.artandeducation.net. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
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