#  Semitic Museum honors founder - Boston Globe 12/18/2014 

 





December 19, 2014

 

 

**Semitic Museum honors founder in compelling exhibition**

By Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff  
  
"Harvard University’s Semitic Museum, lately undergoing an exciting resurgence, was founded in 1889 by Professor David Gordon Lyon. A southern Baptist from Alabama, Lyon was a charismatic scholar of ancient Mesopotamian scripts, and one of Harvard’s more dynamic and vital figures in the late 19th and early 20th centuries." [Read more](http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-art/2014/12/18/semitic-museum-honors-founder-compelling-exhibition/MBbySws28ffMmBliErBh8M/story.html)



 

 

 



 

 

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