Franklin Toker

Franklin Toker, a professor of the history of art and
architecture at the University of Pittsburgh, has published
books on church architecture in French Canada, the ancient
cathedral of Florence (which he excavated), and the
architecture and urbanism of Pittsburgh. He has won both the
Porter Prize and the Hitchcock Award. Born in Montreal, he
was educated at McGill University, Oberlin College, and
Harvard University. A past president of the Society of
Architectural Historians, Toker lives with his family in
Pittsburgh.