Phyllis Ackerman

Phyllis Ackerman
Ackerman during her time at college, c.1915
Born1893
DiedJanuary 25, 1977 (aged 8384)
Other namesPhyllis Ackerman Pope
Occupation(s)art historian, scholar, editor, writer, interior designer
Known forThe history of Persian art and architecture
SpouseArthur Upham Pope (m. 1920–1969; death)
AwardsIranian Order of Scientific Merit (1936)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
ThesisHegel and Pragmatism (1917)

Phyllis Ackerman (1893–1977), was an American art historian, interior designer and author. She was a scholar of Persian art and architecture and she worked alongside her husband Arthur Upham Pope. Her legacy was as an editor of the six volume publication, A Survey of Persian Art (1939).