| LC control no. | n 50011018 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR6066.I58 |
| Personal name heading | Piper, David |
| See also | Alternate identity: Towry, Peter, 1918-1990 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Birth date | 1918-07-21 |
| Death date | 1990-12-29 |
| Affiliation | National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) Fitzwilliam Museum Ashmolean Museum |
| Profession or occupation | Museum curators Art historians |
| Found in | His The English face, 1992: p. 9 (Sir David Piper, museum director, art historian and novelist, d. Dec. 1990) Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1918) The genius of British painting, 1975: t.p. (David Piper) 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) 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) |
| Associated language | eng |
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