Longhurst, Margaret H. 1882-1958
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Name (Latin)
Longhurst, Margaret H. 1882-1958
Other forms of name
Longhurst, M. H. (Margaret Helen), 1882-1958
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
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- English ivories, 1926:title page (M.H. Longhurst (of the Victoria and Albert Museum))
- Oxford dictionary of national biography, viewed April 24, 2019(Longhurst, Margaret Helen; Margaret Longhurst; born Chertsey, Surrey, August 5, 1882; died Aldbourne, Wiltshire, January 26, 1958; daughter of Henry Longhurst (1824-1895) and Caroline Louisa; career in the department of architecture and sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, as cataloger, assistant, curator and historian; specialized in medieval sculpture)
- Catalogue of carvings in ivory, 1927-1929:title page (Margaret H. Longhurst)
- "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:) )