Campbell Dodgson
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Campbell Dodgson CBE
(1867–1948) was an art historian
and museum curator
. He was the Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum in 1912–1932.
. The younger Dodgson was a scholar at Winchester
and New College
, Oxford University. He was an art historian specializing in works on paper, working as a librarian and curator of prints and drawings at the British Museum in 1893–1932 and rising to the position of Keeper of Prints and Drawings, where one of his predecessors had been Sidney Colvin
. He specialized in early modern Flemish and German prints, publishing extensively on the works of Albrecht Dürer
, but applied his expertise to works of many other schools and periods as well.
He was the editor, in the 1920's, of The Print Collector’s Quarterly. He was also a contributor to the Burlington Magazine and to the Dictionary of National Biography
.
Order of the British Empire
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(1867–1948) was an art historian
Art history
Art history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style...
and museum curator
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
. He was the Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum in 1912–1932.
Biography
Campbell Dodgson was a distant cousin of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as author Lewis CarrollLewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll , was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the...
. The younger Dodgson was a scholar at Winchester
Winchester College
Winchester College is an independent school for boys in the British public school tradition, situated in Winchester, Hampshire, the former capital of England. It has existed in its present location for over 600 years and claims the longest unbroken history of any school in England...
and New College
New College
-United Kingdom:* North East Worcestershire College Redditch and Bromsgrove* New College Durham, County Durham* New College, Edinburgh, Edinburgh* New College London, St John's Wood, London* New College Nottingham, Nottingham...
, Oxford University. He was an art historian specializing in works on paper, working as a librarian and curator of prints and drawings at the British Museum in 1893–1932 and rising to the position of Keeper of Prints and Drawings, where one of his predecessors had been Sidney Colvin
Sidney Colvin
Sidney Colvin was an English curator and literary and art critic, part of the illustrious Anglo-Indian Colvin family. He is primarily remembered for his friendship with Robert Louis Stevenson.-Biography:...
. He specialized in early modern Flemish and German prints, publishing extensively on the works of Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer was a German painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg. His prints established his reputation across Europe when he was still in his twenties, and he has been conventionally regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance ever since...
, but applied his expertise to works of many other schools and periods as well.
He was the editor, in the 1920's, of The Print Collector’s Quarterly. He was also a contributor to the Burlington Magazine and to the Dictionary of National Biography
Dictionary of National Biography
The Dictionary of National Biography is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885...
.