(William) Martin Conway, Baron Conway of Allington (1856–1937) by Bassano, 1895 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Conway, (William) Martin, Baron Conway of Allington (1856–1937)
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Conway, (William) Martin, Baron Conway of Allington (1856–1937), art historian and mountaineer
Peter H. Hansen
Conway, (William) Martin, Baron Conway of Allington (1856–1937), art historian and mountaineer, was born on 12 April 1856 at Rochester, Kent, the only son of William Conway, a low-church evangelical vicar of St Nicholas's Church, Rochester, afterwards rector of St Margaret's Church, Westminster...
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Haskell, Francis James Herbert (1928–2000), art historian
Charles Hope
Haskell, Francis James Herbert (1928–2000), art historian, was born on 7 April 1928 in London, the eldest of three children (two sons and one daughter) of Arnold Lionel David Haskell (1903–1980), a ballet critic, and Vera Saitsova (d. 1968), a Russian émigrée. His parents' common language was French, which ...
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Jourdain, (Emily) Margaret (1876–1951)
Maker: unknown photographer
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(Emily) Margaret Jourdain (1876–1951) by unknown photographer, 1910 © reserved; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London
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Jourdain, (Emily) Margaret (1876–1951), historian of English furniture and decoration
James Lees-Milne
revised by Hilary Spurling
Jourdain, (Emily) Margaret (1876–1951), historian of English furniture and decoration, was born on 15 August 1876 in Derwent, Derbyshire, the eighth of ten children of the Revd Francis Jourdain (1834–1898) and his wife, Emily, daughter of Charles Clay, a Manchester surgeon. As the hard-up daughter of a hard-up country parson, surrounded by caustic and highly competitive siblings, ...
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Nicolson, (Lionel) Benedict (1914–1978), art historian
Nigel Nicolson
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Nicolson, (Lionel) Benedict (1914–1978), art historian, was born on 6 August 1914 in his grandfather's house, Knole, near Sevenoaks, Kent, the elder son and elder child of Sir Harold George Nicolson (1886–1968), diplomatist, author, and MP, and his wife, Victoria Mary (Vita) Sackville-West (1892–1962)...
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Oppé, Adolph Paul (1878–1957), art historian and art collector
Brinsley Ford
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Oppé, Adolph Paul (1878–1957), art historian and art collector, was born at 157 The Grove, Camberwell, London, on 22 September 1878, the third son of Siegmund Armin Oppé, a silk merchant, and his wife, Pauline Jaffé. His birth certificate gives his name as ...
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Sylvester, (Anthony) David Bernard (1924–2001)
Maker: Larry Rivers
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(Anthony) David Bernard Sylvester (1924–2001) by Larry Rivers, 1962 © Estate of Larry Rivers / DACS, London / VAGA, New York 2010; collection National Portrait Gallery, London
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Sylvester, (Anthony) David Bernard (1924–2001), art critic and exhibition curator
Alex May
Sylvester, (Anthony) David Bernard (1924–2001), art critic and exhibition curator, was born in Hackney, London, on 21 September 1924, the son of Philip Silvester, later Sylvester, businessman, and his wife, Sybil, née Rosen. Both parents were of Jewish descent. At the time of his birth his father was in the fish trade, but he later joined the family's antiques and silver business in ...
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Taylor, Alec Clifton- (1907–1985), architectural historian and lecturer
Denis Moriarty
Taylor, Alec Clifton- (1907–1985), architectural historian and lecturer, was born on 2 August 1907 at Sutton, Surrey, the eldest of three children and the only son of Stanley Edgar Taylor (fl. 1870–1935), corn merchant, and his wife, Ethel Elizabeth Clifton Hills (...
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Young, Andrew McLaren (1913–1975), art historian
Dennis Farr
Young, Andrew McLaren (1913–1975), art historian, was born on 19 September 1913, at the manse, Southend, Argyll, the eldest child and the only son of three children of the Revd Robert Comingo Young (1882–1946), Presbyterian minister, and his wife, Olga Parsons (1890–1939). From 1926 to 1930 ...
