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Chamberlain, Samuel Vance

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Name
Chamberlain, Samuel Vance
Date of birth
1895-10-28
Date of death
1975-01-10
Place of birth
United States, Iowa, Cresco
Place of death
United States, Massachusetts, Marblehead
Nationality
American
Occupation
Faculty Department of Architecture 1934-1946. Artist, author, and educator who worked in pencil sketches, watercolors, lithography, etching, drypoint, and photography. After service in World War I, Chamberlain moved restlessly between the U.S. and Europe for the rest of his life, which resulted in images and photographs for publication and even a series of cookbooks, co-authored with his wife, Narcissa Chamberlain. His autobiography, Etched in Sunlight was published in 1968.
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