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| has gloss | eng: Sirarpie Der-Nersessian (; September 5, 1896 – July 5, 1989) was an Armenian art historian who specialized in Armenian and Byzantine studies. Der-Nersessian was a renowned academic and a pioneer in Armenian art history. She taught at several institutions in the United States, including Wellesley College in Massachusetts and as Henri Focillon Professor of Art and Archaeology at Harvard University. She was a senior fellow at Dumbarton Oaks, its deputy director from 1954-55 and 1961-62 and a member of its Board of Scholars. Der-Nersessian was also a member of several international institutions such as the British Academy (1975), the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (1978) and the Armenian Academy of Sciences (1966). She attended and graduated from Yesayan Parochial School and the English High School in Constantinople, gaining fluency in Armenian, English and French. Due to the Armenian Genocide, Der-Nersessian and her sister Arax (by then orphans) were forced to leave for Europe in 1915, taking up residence in Geneva. Der-Nersessian studied at the University of Geneva for several years until settling in Paris, France in 1919. |
| lexicalization | eng: Sirarpie Der Nersessian |
| lexicalization | eng: Sirarpie Der Nerséssian |
| lexicalization | eng: Sirarpie Der-Nersessian |
| instance of | (noun) an educator who works at a college or university faculty member, academician, academic |
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