A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster) Hamlin

Born in Istanbul in 1855, Alfred Dwight Foster Hamlin was the son of educator and missionary Cyrus Hamlin. He graduated from Amherst College in 1875, studied architecture in Boston and Paris, and went on to build a career that combined professional training with academic work.

Hamlin became closely associated with Columbia University, where he taught architecture in the School of Engineering. He was part of an early generation of American architectural educators who helped give the subject a firmer place in university life.

He also wrote on architectural history and design, contributing to the broader public understanding of the field as well as to students' education. Remembered as both an architect and a scholar, he died in 1926.