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523: 57: 506:, whose production he first distinguished. He looked at the sweep of classical pottery—major and minor pieces—to construct a history of workshops and artists in ancient Athens. The first English edition of his book, 621:, Oxford (MS. Eng. misc. e. 1390), containing his notes on Greek literature and sculpture and on Roman history, and also his illustrations of classical statuary and his sketched caricatures of some contemporaries. 917: 1549: 1569: 1554: 1564: 1584: 1539: 543: 483: 353: 113: 1524: 794: 1076: 1574: 464: 1529: 389: 1579: 1519: 1499: 1534: 253: 1559: 372:, Scotland on 13 September 1885, to Mark John Murray Beazley (died 1940) and Mary Catherine Beazley née Davidson (died 1918). He was educated at 887: 859: 563: 1504: 1294: 770: 373: 1514: 1069: 1049: 583: 159: 44: 1038: 735: 682: 502:
to attribute the specific "hands" (style) of specific workshops and artists, even where no signed piece offered a name, e.g. the
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His stepdaughter, from Marie's previous marriage, Giovanna Marie Therese Babette "Mary" Ezra married Irish poet
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There is a notebook in Beazley's hand in Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts, the
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Beazley (left) with Gino Pelizzola looking at a Greek vase mid-restoration in 1967
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at the University of Oxford, a position he held until 1956. He specialised in
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from March to October 1916 when he was on secondment to the British Army.
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in 1943. In 1954, he was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the
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Beazley retired in 1956, but continued to work until his death in
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Winifred Lamb : Aegean prehistorian and museum curator
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Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Lincoln Professors of Classical Archaeology and Art
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British art historian and archaeologist (1885–1970)
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Oxford University Press. 669: 667: 665: 663: 661: 659: 416:After graduating, Beazley spent time at the 1540:People associated with the Ashmolean Museum 996:(Supplement). 30 December 1958. p. 26. 837:(Supplement). 3 October 1916. p. 9648. 1318: 1247: 1125: 1077: 1063: 1055: 817:(Supplement). 17 March 1916. p. 3025. 793:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 730: 728: 726: 724: 722: 720: 718: 716: 512:Attische Vasenmaler des rotfigurigen Stils 354:professor of classical archaeology and art 55: 31: 254:Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford 677:"Beazley, Sir John Davidson (1885–1970)" 948:. American Academy of Arts and Sciences 943:"Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" 683:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 630: 148: 1919; died 1967) 786: 894:. The British Academy. Archived from 674:Martin Robertson; David Gill (2004). 564:American Academy of Arts and Sciences 558:(FBA) in 1927. He was elected to the 7: 1525:People educated at Christ's Hospital 644:. University of Oxford. 12 June 2012 1575:20th-century British archaeologists 573:in 1949, and therefore granted the 451:. For most of the war he worked in 1530:Fellows of Lincoln College, Oxford 344:, known for his classification of 25: 1580:20th-century English male writers 1520:Scholars of ancient Greek pottery 1500:Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford 1050:National Portrait Gallery, London 1035:; location of the Beazley Archive 851:The Archaeology of Ancient Greece 584:Order of the Companions of Honour 510:, appeared in 1942 (in German as 160:Order of the Companions of Honour 1535:Fellows of Christ Church, Oxford 848:James Whitley (4 October 2001). 542:, but in 2007 it moved into the 309: 276:Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters 892:British Academy Fellows Archive 590:"for services to scholarship". 145: 1560:Fellows of the British Academy 560:American Philosophical Society 508:Attic Red-figure Vase-painters 270:Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters 1: 1033:Classical Art Research Centre 976:. 4 March 1949. p. 1125. 875:Classical Art Research Centre 556:Fellow of the British Academy 1040:Dictionary of Art Historians 877:, Retrieved 4 December 2013. 707:UK public library membership 424:as a student (equivalent to 1416:List of Greek vase painters 1086:Ancient Greek vase painting 598:In 1919, Beazley married a 465:Naval Intelligence Division 380:, Sussex. He then attended 1601: 1505:English classical scholars 765:. Oxford. pp. 38–45. 582:. He was appointed to the 420:. He then returned to the 1449:Corpus vasorum antiquorum 761:Gill, David W.J. (2018). 554:Beazley was elected as a 292:Sir John Davidson Beazley 285: 165: 54: 1515:Classical archaeologists 569:Beazley was appointed a 418:British School at Athens 244:British School at Athens 488:Greek decorated pottery 382:Balliol College, Oxford 338:classical archaeologist 181:Balliol College, Oxford 1510:British art historians 692:10.1093/ref:odnb/30664 527: 400:. He graduated with a 588:1959 New Year Honours 525: 449:military intelligence 374:King Edward VI School 249:Christ Church, Oxford 228:Ancient Greek pottery 218:Classical archaeology 71:John Davidson Beazley 1454:East Greek Bird Bowl 922:search.amphilsoc.org 918:"APS Member History" 536:University of Oxford 447:, Beazley served in 422:University of Oxford 368:Beazley was born in 358:University of Oxford 120:Board member of 1010:. 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The Beazley Archive
Sir
CH
FBA

Glasgow, Scotland
Oxford, England
Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art
British Academy
Order of the Companions of Honour
Alma mater
Balliol College, Oxford
BA
Archaeology
classics
Classical archaeology
art history
Ancient Greek pottery
British School at Athens
Christ Church, Oxford
Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford
CH
FBA
/ˈbzli/
classical archaeologist
art historian
Attic vases
artistic style
professor of classical archaeology and art
University of Oxford

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