Donald Drew Egbert

Donald Drew Egbert (1902–1973) was an American art historian.

Egbert was born in Norwalk, Connecticut. He studied at Princeton University, graduating in 1924, and became a lecturer in architectural history at Bryn Mawr College in 1930. At this time, his specialty was medieval art history, although he maintained a strong interest in American architectural history, publishing in both areas. Returning to Princeton in 1968, he became Butler Professor of the History of Architecture.

A major contribution by Egbert to the history of art was the publication of the large work, Social Radicalism and the Arts, Western Europe: A Cultural History from the French Revolution to 1968 (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970).[1] It was one of the first published surveys of radical political agendas in the history of western art.

Egbert retired in 1970. He died in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1973.