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Augustus Daniel

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became a Trustee. Jonathan Conlin's history of the National Gallery describes Daniel as a "self-effacing nonentity" but Fry, for one, admired his "terrific energy and intellectual beefiness". Like many directors of the National Gallery, he was a trustee of the
352: 206: 20: 347: 58:. His installation as Director in January 1929 is seen as a strike against "experts" and the increasing professionalisation of art history, on the part of the Trustees. 357: 54:. He was appointed as a Trustee of the National Gallery in 1925, apparently due to his being a personal friend and golfing partner of the prime minister, 367: 362: 199: 90: 192: 73: 280: 78: 77:; these are considered the two major purchases of Daniel's directorship. Also that year the highly controversial dealer 94: 154: 44: 342: 25: 238: 298: 146: 226: 98: 337: 332: 36: 93:
in 1929 and an honorary Litt.D. of Cambridge in 1931. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the
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As a young man, Daniel travelled abroad studying the attribution of paintings with
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In 1904, he married Margery Welsh. He died at his home in London, aged 83.
126:"Obituary: Sir A. M. Daniel – Former Director of the National Gallery". 68: 29: 188: 39:, the son of Dr. Edward MacManus Daniel. He was educated at 171:
The Nation's Mantelpiece: A History of the National Gallery
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Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Index

KBE
National Gallery
London
Preston, Lancashire
Repton School
Trinity College, Cambridge
Roger Fry
Stanley Baldwin
Wilton Diptych
Titian
The Vendramin Family
Joseph Duveen
Iveagh Bequest
Royal Institute of British Architects
Order of the British Empire
1932 New Year Honours



The Times


Smith, Charles Saumarez
Frances Lincoln Publishers
Pallas Athene
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Directors of the National Gallery
Charles Lock Eastlake

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