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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Amherst [formerly Tyssen-Amherst], Alicia Margaret [married name Alicia Margaret Cecil, Lady Rockley] (1865–1941), garden historian
Jason Tomes
Amherst [formerly Tyssen-Amherst], Alicia Margaret [married name Alicia Margaret Cecil, Lady Rockley] (1865–1941), garden historian, was born on 30 July 1865 at Didlington Hall, Didlington, near Mundford, Norfolk, fifth of the seven children (all daughters) of William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst (1835–1909), landowner, and his wife, ...
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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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Arnold, Janet (1932–1998), costume historian
Santina M. Levey
Arnold, Janet (1932–1998), costume historian, was born on 6 October 1932 at Duncan House, Clifton Down Road, Bristol, the only child of Frederick Charles Arnold (1898–1976), ironmonger, and his wife, Adeline, née Jacob (1895–1985), a nurse, daughter of the Revd Thomas Jacob and his wife, ...
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Arnold, Janet (1932–1998)
Maker: unknown photographer
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Janet Arnold (1932–1998) by unknown photographer © reserved; private collection; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London
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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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Beckett, Wendy Mary (1930–2018)
Maker: Lou Boileau
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Wendy Mary Beckett (1930–2018), by Lou Boileau, 2006
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Beckett, Wendy Mary (1930–2018), nun, art historian, and broadcaster
Peter Stanford
Beckett, Wendy Mary (1930–2018), nun, art historian, and broadcaster, was born on 25 February 1930 in Johannesburg, South Africa, one of three children of Aubrey Cecil Beckett (1897–1961), a banker’s clerk of Irish origin, and his wife, Dorothy, née Sheehan. Through her father she was a distant cousin of the playwright ...
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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)
Maker: H. Walter Barnett
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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 [née Popham], Anne Olivier (1916–2018), art historian and editor
Paul Levy
Bell [née Popham], Anne Olivier (1916–2018), art historian and editor, was born at 5 Caroline Place (now Mecklenburgh Place), Bloomsbury, London, on 22 June 1916, the only daughter and second child of Arthur Ewart (Hugh) Popham (1889–1970), then a flight sub-lieutenant in ...
