Born Norwood, Surrey. Art and literary scholar and museum administrator. He was director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge from 1876 to 1884, and then keeper of the department of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
He became a friend and mentor to Robert Louis Stevenson. Died 35 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Sir Sidney Colvin
Unveiled by William Holman Hunt. There must have been a committee to erect th...
Architect, archaeologist, astronomer and rower. Born Lincolnshire. Surveyor to the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral 1852 - 1899. Died Wimbledon.
First registered as a UK charity in 1990. Founder and Chair R. J. Wren. Activities given: "Creates memorials on behalf of Arctic (WWII) campaign veterans which includes "living memorials"."
Residents' Association in Purley. Their Facebook page, LeKARA, was created in 2019.
Philip Henry Stanhope was a historian, statesman and a founder of the National Portrait Gallery.
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