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Richard Norton

archeologist; founder and head of the American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps (Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps)

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Richard Norton was an American fine art historian and archaeologist, specializing in classical antiquity, who was head of the American School of Classical Studies in Rome, and a director for the Boston Museum of Fine Art, and the Archaeological Institute of America before World War I. From October 1914 he was the organizer and head of the American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps, until its absorption by the American Army in September 1917. For his efforts he was awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Grand-Croix of the Legion of Honour by the French government.

Occupation: art historian, educator, archaeologist
Position held: director, director, professor
Citizenship: United States
Born: February 9, 1872
Died: August 2, 1918

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Richard Norton (February 9, 1872 – August 2, 1918) was the organizer and head of the American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps (also known as the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps), which served on the front in France in World War I from 1914 until it was taken over by the American Army in 1917. He was the son of Charles Eliot Norton and Susan Ridley Sedgwick. He was also the director of the Archaeological Institute of America. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre, the Legion of Honour, and the Order of St. Lazarus. His award of the Cross of the Legion of Honor was the highest award given to any foreigner by France during World War I. Early life Norton graduated from Browne and Nichols School and went on to graduate from Harvard with the Class of 1892. References

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