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# 100 Heroes: Henry-Russell Hitchcock
- URL: https://www.gtv.blue/henry-russell-hitchcock/
- Published: 2026-06-02T23:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-03T04:18:29.000Z
- Description: The gay man who became one of the fathers of modern architecture.
- Author: Gareth Johnson
- Tags: 100 Heroes

Henry-Russell Hitchcock was an architectural historian.

A long-time professor at Smith College and New York University, Hitchcock’s writings helped to define modern architecture.

### Early life

Born in Boston in 1903, Hitchcock was educated at Middlesex School and Harvard University.

### Teaching and writing

In 1932, Hitchcock collaborated with Philip Johnson on Modern Architecture: International Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art – the exhibition that presented the new “International Style” architecture of Europe to an American audience.

Four years later, Hitchcock’s book - The Architecture of H. H. Richardson and His Times (1936) - brought the career of American architect Henry Hobson Richardson out of obscurity. Hitchcock’s In the Nature of Materials (1942) continued to emphasise the American roots of Modern architecture, in this case by focusing on the career of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Hitchcock taught at a number of colleges and universities, but primarily at Smith College. In 1968 he moved to New York City and taught at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. He also taught at Wesleyan University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, Harvard University, and Cambridge University.

### Personal life

Hitchcock identified as a gay man and was part of an influential group of gay men at Harvard who went on to become influential figures in the arts and humanities.

Hitchcock died of cancer in 1987, at age 83.

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