The visual information of art history is going to students seamlessly, without the enormous trouble those of us who are older had when we studied art history many years ago.
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There was once a time when art history and film were basically the same medium, but art history is frozen in late-19th-century technology that has survived into the early 21st century.
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| Birth: | 8th August, 1794 |
| Death: | 1st March, 1873 |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Profession: | Politician, Surgeon, Teacher |
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Nelson was born in Sorel to William Nelson, an immigrant to Colonial America from Newsham, North Yorkshire. His mother, Jane Dies, was a teacher and daughter of an important land owner in the New York area. He studied medicine in Montreal and later at Harvard University, in the state of Massachusetts.
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