Archibald Creswell

Japanese: クレスウェル（英語表記）Archibald Creswell

1879‐1974
British scholar of Islamic architecture. From around 1919 he was involved in the research of Islamic architecture in Egypt, Syria, and Palestine. In 1931 he became a professor at Fouad I University (now Cairo University), where he founded the Institute of Islamic Art and Archaeology and served as its director until 1951. In 1956 he became a professor at the American University in Cairo. His publications include Early Islamic Architecture, 2 volumes (1932, 40) and Islamic Architecture in Egypt, 2 volumes (1952, 59), which are culminations of his research on early Islamic architecture, as well as the large-scale Bibliographical Commentary on Islamic Architecture, Arts, and Crafts (1961) and its supplement (1973).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1879‐1974
イギリスのイスラム建築史学者。1919年ころよりエジプト，シリア，パレスティナのイスラム建築の調査研究に携わる。31年フアード1世大学(現，カイロ大学)教授。同大学にイスラム美術･考古学研究所を設立し，51年まで所長。56年カイロ･アメリカン大学教授。著書には，初期イスラム建築の調査研究の集大成《初期イスラム建築》2巻(1932,40)，《エジプトのイスラム建築》2巻(1952,59)のほか，大著《イスラム建築･美術･工芸の文献解題》(1961)，《同補遺》(1973)がある。

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