Eduard Sekler

Eduard Sekler studied at TU Wien. The recorded working language is German and English. The field of work recorded is history of architecture and architecture. Employment is recorded with Harvard University. Distinctions recorded are Prize of the City of Vienna for the Humanities, honorary doctor of ETH Zürich, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art and Guggenheim Fellowship.

• Name — Eduard Sekler • Birth Name — Eduard Franz Sekler • Born — 30 September 1920 • Birthplace — Vienna, Austria • Died — 1 May 2017 • Place of death — Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. • Education — Vienna University of Technology London University • Field — Architectural history

A native of Vienna, Eduard Sekler earned his professional degree with distinction in architecture from its Vienna University of Technology, before studying under Rudolf Wittkower at the School of Planning and Regional Research in London, and receiving his PhD in the history of art at London University's Warburg Institute. Sekler came to Harvard in 1960, at the invitation of Josep Lluis Sert, later co-founding (along with Albert Szabo) the university's Visual and Environmental Studies department in 1968. Outside of his explicit professorial duties, Sekler was active in efforts to preserve the cultural and architectural heritage of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. After first visiting in 1962, he made multiple return trips to the valley in association with UNESCO and led the production of plans to safeguard the valley's heritage from development and population pressures. In 1990 he founded the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust (KVPT), and later served as an honorary member of its board of directors. Sekler died on 1 May 2017 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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The following is established of origins and background. Sekler died in 2017 at Cambridge. Born in 1920 at Vienna. The same evidence establishes that eduard Sekler is recorded at birth as Eduard Franz Sekler.