H. W. Janson

H. W. Janson
Born	(1913-10-04)October 4, 1913 St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	September 30, 1982(1982-09-30) (aged 68)
Nationality	Russian, American (since 1943)
Alma mater	University of Munich University of Hamburg
Spouse	Dora Jane Heineberg
Scientific career
Institutions	Harvard University Worcester Art Museum University of Iowa School of Art and Art History Radcliffe College
Academic advisors	Erwin Panofsky

Horst Woldemar Janson (October 4, 1913 – September 30, 1982), was a Russian Empire-born German-American professor of art history best known for his History of Art, which was first published in 1962 and has since sold more than four million copies in fifteen languages. His academic specialism was the sculpture of Donatello.