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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Shamey, Renzo

Titel

Birren, Faber B. 1900–1988

Ist Teil von

• Pioneers of Color Science, p.321-324

Ort / Verlag

Cham: Springer International Publishing

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Faber Bernard Birren was an American author, historian and consultant on color theory [1]. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 11, 1900, to artistic parents, Joseph P. Birren, a successful landscape painter and a native of Luxembourg, and Crescentia (Lang) Birren, who was a skilled pianist and had two siblings. He is credited as the originator of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) colors. He consulted for the private, public, and governmental sectors and has also been credited as having established the profession of color consultants in 1936. Birren married Wanda LaVerne Martin who was supportive of her husband’s endeavors, and they had two daughters, Zoe and Fay. Faber Birren died on December 30, 1988, in Stamford, CT, USA.