Piper, David
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Name (Hebrew)
פייפר, דיויד, 1918-1990
Name (Latin)
Piper, David
Other forms of name
Piper, David, 1918-
Towry, Peter
פיפר, דוד, 1918-1990
Date of birth
1918-07-21
Date of death
1990-12-29
Associated country
Great Britain
Occupation
Art historians
Museum curators
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 1918
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Sources of Information
- Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 1918)
- The genius of British painting, 1975:t.p. (David Piper)
- Who's Who online edition, viewed 1 Dec. 2020(Sir David (Towry) Piper; born 21 July 1918; died 29 December 1990; lists publications, including novels as Peter Towry: "It's warm inside" (1953), "Trial by battle" (1959) but 3rd ed. (1987) under own name)
- Wikipedia, viewed 26 Nov. 2020:under David Piper, curator (Sir David Towry Piper CBE FSA FRSL (21 July 1918 - 29 December 1990) was a British museum curator and author. He was director of the National Portrait Gallery 1964-1967, and of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1967-1973; and Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, 1967-1973, and Director of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1973-85 and Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, 1973-1985; lists publications as David Piper and fiction as Peter Towry)
- His It's warm inside, 1953.
- His The English face, 1992:p. 9 (Sir David Piper, museum director, art historian and novelist, d. Dec. 1990)