Aglionby, William (1641–1705), diplomat and writer on art, was born in the summer of 1641, the second son of George Aglionby (d. 1643), who died shortly after being appointed dean of Canterbury by Charles I, and his wife, Sibilla Smith. George had previously been employed by the ...
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Aglionby, William (1641–1705), diplomat and writer on art
Henry Summerson
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Aldred, Cyril (1914–1991), Egyptologist and art historian
T. G. H. James
Aldred, Cyril (1914–1991), Egyptologist and art historian, was born on 19 February 1914 at 41 Beltran Road, Fulham, London, the sixth of the seven children of Frederick Aldred (1876–1957), a postman and post office sorter, and his wife, Lilian Ethel Underwood...
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Alison, Archibald (1757–1839)
Maker: William Walker
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Archibald Alison (1757–1839) by William Walker, pubd 1823 (after Sir Henry Raeburn) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Alison, Archibald (1757–1839), Scottish Episcopal clergyman and writer on aesthetics
Philip Carter
Alison, Archibald (1757–1839), Scottish Episcopal clergyman and writer on aesthetics, was born in Edinburgh, the son of Archibald Alison (1730–1794), lord provost of the city, originally of Newhall, Coupar Angus, and Margaret Harte (d. 1811), of Listerick, near Edinburgh. Alison was educated at ...
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Antal, Frederick (1887–1954), art historian
Anthony Blunt
revised by Rosemary Mitchell
Antal, Frederick (1887–1954), art historian, was born in Budapest on 21 December 1887, the only child of Alajos Antal MD and his wife, Sofia Gerstl. He first studied at the university of his native city, where he graduated as a doctor of law, but later he went to ...
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Armstrong, Sir Walter (1849–1918), museum director and art historian
Kenneth Garlick
Armstrong, Sir Walter (1849–1918), museum director and art historian, was born at Hawick, Roxburghshire, on 7 February 1849, the elder of the two sons and three daughters of Walter Armstrong, a merchant described as 'a man of handsome fortune' (Spielmann...
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Ashmole, Bernard (1894–1988), archaeologist and art historian
John Boardman
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Ashmole, Bernard (1894–1988), archaeologist and art historian, was born on 22 June 1894 in Ilford, Essex, the youngest in a family of two sons and three daughters of William Ashmole, auctioneer and estate agent, and his wife, Sarah Caroline Wharton, née Tiver. Both parents had strong literary and religious interests. He was educated at ...
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Aslin, Charles Herbert (1893–1959), architect
Samuel Morrison
revised by Andrew Saint
Aslin, Charles Herbert (1893–1959), architect, was born at 34 Burnell Road, Owlerton, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, on 15 December 1893, the younger of two sons of Arthur William Aslin and his wife, Louisa Annie Outram. His parents were originally from Lincolnshire and Derbyshire, but by the time of ...
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Baker, Charles Henry Collins (1880–1959), art historian and painter
Shelley M. Bennett
Baker, Charles Henry Collins (1880–1959), art historian and painter, was born on 24 January 1880 at Bay Hill, Ilminster, Somerset, the son of John Collins Baker, solicitor, and his wife, Fanny Henrietta Remmett. He was educated at Berkhamsted before attending the Royal Academy Schools...
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Baxandall, Michael David Kighley (1933–2008), art historian
Allan Langdale
Baxandall, Michael David Kighley (1933–2008), art historian, was born on 18 August 1933 at 22 Gordon Road, Cardiff, the only son and eldest child of David Kighley Baxandall (1905–1992), museum director, and his wife, (Sarah) Isobel Mary, née Thomas (1905–1990). His twin sisters, ...
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Beckett, Ronald Brymer (1891–1970), administrator in India and art historian
Elisabeth Beckett
Beckett, Ronald Brymer (1891–1970), administrator in India and art historian, was born on 17 January 1891 in Micklefield Terrace, Rawdon, Yorkshire, the son of James Robertson Beckett (1855–1923), manager in a firm of silk and woollen merchants, and his wife, Annie Bertha Murray (1864–1952)...
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Beit, Sir Otto John, first baronet (1865–1930), financier, philanthropist, and art connoisseur
Maryna Fraser
Beit, Sir Otto John, first baronet (1865–1930), financier, philanthropist, and art connoisseur, was born on 7 December 1865 in Hamburg, Germany, twelve years after his brother Alfred Beit. He was the third son of Siegfried Beit (1818–1881), silk merchant, and his wife, Laura Caroline Hahn (...
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Beit, Sir Otto John, first baronet (1865–1930)
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Sir Otto John Beit, first baronet (1865–1930) by H. Walter Barnett © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Bell, Quentin Claudian Stephen (1910–1996)
Maker: Duncan Fraser
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Quentin Claudian Stephen Bell (1910–1996) by Duncan Fraser, 1982 [in his pottery at Cobbe Place] © Duncan Fraser; collection National Portrait Gallery, London
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Bell, Quentin Claudian Stephen (1910–1996), art historian and potter
Charles Saumarez Smith
Bell, Quentin Claudian Stephen (1910–1996), art historian and potter, was born into the heart of the Bloomsbury group on 19 August 1910, the younger son of (Arthur) Clive Heward Bell (1881–1964), art critic, and his wife, Vanessa Bell (1879–1961), painter, and the daughter of ...
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Bellaigue de Bughas, Sir Geoffrey de (1931–2013), art historian and curator
Rosalind Savill
Bellaigue de Bughas, Sir Geoffrey de (1931–2013), art historian and curator, was born on 12 March 1931 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, the son of Vicomte Pierre de Bellaigue de Bughas (1902–1995), mining engineer, and his wife, Marie-Antoinette Gertrude (Toinon) Willemin (1904–1996), who was French governess to princesses ...
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Bemrose, William (1831–1908), writer on wood-carving and ceramics
S. E. Fryer
revised by Clive D. Edwards
Bemrose, William (1831–1908), writer on wood-carving and ceramics, was born at Derby on 30 December 1831, the second son in a family of three sons and one daughter of William Bemrose of Derby, founder in 1827 of the printing and publishing firm of ...
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Bernard, Bruce Bonus (1928–2000), photographer and picture editor
Alex May
Bernard, Bruce Bonus (1928–2000), photographer and picture editor, was born on 21 March 1928 at 7 Shepherd's Hill, Highgate, London, the second of three sons and third of the five children (one of whom died in infancy) of Oliver Percy Bernard (1881–1939), stage designer and architect, and his second wife, ...
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Bilson, John (1856–1943), architect and architectural historian
David Neave
Bilson, John (1856–1943), architect and architectural historian, was born on 23 September 1856 at Crown Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire, the eldest son of John Bilson (1828/9–1892), maltings clerk, and his wife, Eliza Ann, née Mayston (1827–1910). He was educated at Wesley College, Sheffield, and was placed fifth nationally in the honours division for matriculation for the ...
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Binyon, (Robert) Laurence (1869–1943), poet and art historian
John Hatcher
Binyon, (Robert) Laurence (1869–1943), poet and art historian, was born on 10 August 1869 at 1 High Street, Lancaster, the second of the nine children of Frederick Binyon (1838–1900), vicar of Burton in Lonsdale, Yorkshire, and his wife, Mary (1839–1919), daughter of Robert Benson Dockray (1811–1871)...
