Jean Sutherland Boggs

Jean Sutherland Boggs, Peruvian-Canadian historian, academic, and civil servant (died 2014)

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Born: June 11, 1922
Died: August 22, 2014
Zodiac sign: Gemini
Birth year: 1922

About Jean Sutherland Boggs

Jean Sutherland Boggs D. Litt. LL. D. (June 11, 1922 – August 22, 2014) was a Canadian academic, art historian and civil servant. She was the first female Director of both the National Gallery of Canada and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She was also a specialist in the work of Edgar Degas and Picasso. == Early life == Grace Jean Sutherland Boggs was born in Negritos, Peru, on June 11, 1922, to Oliver Desmond and Humia Marguerite (née Sutherland). Boggs attended Alma College in St. Thomas, Ontario, graduating in 1938. Boggs would later receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Trinity College, Toronto in 1942. She received a M.A. in 1946 and a Ph.D. in 1953 from Radcliffe College. From 1942 to 1944, she was an education secretary for the Art Association of Montreal (today known as the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts).

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Career and life highlights

In 1966, Boggs was appointed the first woman and fifth director of the National Gallery of Canada and served in this position until 1976.
In 1979 she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature from the University of Saskatchewan.
She was awarded honorary degrees from Mount Holyoke College in 1971, York University in 1976 and from Concordia University in 2000.

Jean Sutherland Boggs timeline

1966In 1966, Boggs was appointed the first woman and fifth director of the National Gallery of Canada and served in this position until 1976.
1971She was awarded honorary degrees from Mount Holyoke College in 1971, York University in 1976 and from Concordia University in 2000.
1979In 1979 she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature from the University of Saskatchewan.

The world when Jean Sutherland Boggs was born

Jean Sutherland Boggs was born in 1922. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1922

#1 song"Chicago" – Fred Fisher
Top movieNosferatu
Best-selling bookUlysses – James Joyce

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentGene Sarazen wins the U.S. Open at age 20
Top headlineMussolini marches on Rome and seizes power in Italy
Technology milestoneBBC begins radio broadcasts
Defining fadCrossword puzzles
Notable inventionWater skiing invented in Minnesota
World population1.90 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding
Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
U.S. population110.0M

1922 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jean Sutherland Boggs's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1922	2026
Gas	$0.25	$3.45/gal
Average home	$5,600	$435,000
Average income	$3,270	$67,500
Movie ticket	$0.15	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.02	$0.73
Population	110.0M	341 million

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