John Pope-Hennessy
1913
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1994
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Balliol College, Downside School
occupation: art historian
award received: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Fellow of the British Academy, Serena Medal
position held: Governor of Hong Kong, museum director
Sir John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy (13 December 1913 – 31 October 1994), was a British art historian. Pope-Hennessy was director of the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1967 and 1973, and director of the British Museum between 1974 and 1976. He was a scholar of Italian Renaissance art. Many of his writings, including the tripartite Introduction to Italian Sculpture, and his magnum opus, Donatello: Sculptor, are regarded as classics in the field. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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