Longhurst, Margaret H. 1882-1958
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Name (Latin)
Longhurst, Margaret H. 1882-1958
Other forms of name
Longhurst, Margaret H. (Margaret Helen)
Longhurst, Margaret H
Date of birth
1882-08-05
Date of death
1958-01-26
Place of birth
Chertsey (England)
Place of death
Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England
Place of residence/headquarters
London (England)
Field of activity
Medievalists
Associate group
Victoria and Albert Museum. Department of Architecture and Sculpture
Occupation
Art historians
Museum curators
Curator
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
Language
English
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Catalogue of carvings in ivory, 1927-1929: "Longhurst, Margaret [Helen]. Date born: 1882. Place Born: Chertsey, Surrey, United Kingdom. Date died: 1958. Place died: Aldbourne, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, United Kingdom. Medievalist; first woman to curator of a major British museum; Keeper the Department of Architecture and Sculpture, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1938-1942" ( (Dictionary of Art Historians, viewed 16.11.2015:) )
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Victoria and Albert Museum's Margaret Longhurst in 1938 by no named photographer
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Wikipedia description:
Margaret Longhurst (5 August 1882 – 26 January 1958) was a British museum curator. She was an expert in Italian sculpture and ivories at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A). She was the first woman to be a keeper in a major British museum.
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