John_Howard_Van_Amringe_(sculpture)

<i>John Howard Van Amringe</i> (sculpture)

John Howard Van Amringe (sculpture)

Sculpture in Manhattan, New York, U.S.

John Howard Van Amringe, also known as the Van Amringe Memorial, is an outdoor bust depicting the American educator and mathematician of the same name, installed at Van Amringe Quadrangle on the Columbia University campus in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It was sculpted by William Ordway Partridge in 1912, and installed on Commencement Day in June 1922.[1][2]

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On June 8, 1962, the bust was toppled off of its pedestal by vandals and received extensive damage. It was repaired or replaced, and reinstalled in December of that year.[3]

  • The memorial in 2014

References

  1. [1]
    "J.H. Van Amringe – Public Outdoor Sculpture at Columbia". Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Public Sculpture, November 2014". Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  3. [3]
    "William Ordway Partridge and the Van Amringe Memorial – Public Outdoor Sculpture at Columbia". Archived from the original on 2021-07-11. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
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