Howard Crosby Butler, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American archaeologist
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About Howard Crosby Butler
- Howard Crosby Butler (March 7, 1872 Croton Falls, New York - August 13, 1922 Neuilly) was an American archaeologist.
- Butler graduated from Princeton University, and later pursued special studies at the Columbia School of Architecture and at the American School of Classical Studies in Rome and in Athens.
- In 1899, 1904, and 1909, he was at the head of archaeological expeditions in Syria.
- Turkey's unsolicited request that he oversee the excavation of Sardis represented a rare distinction for an American and a Christian.
- He became professor of the history of architecture at Princeton in 1905.
- Butler became unwell on August 11, 1922 after returning from Sardis, via Naples.
- He was admitted to the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly on August 13 and died that night.
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