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512: 46: 495:, 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, 610:, 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. 906: 1538: 1558: 1543: 1553: 1573: 378: 1528: 671: 532: 472: 342: 102: 1513: 361:, Scotland on 13 September 1885, to Mark John Murray Beazley (died 1940) and Mary Catherine Beazley née Davidson (died 1918). He was educated at 783: 876: 1065: 1563: 453: 1518: 1568: 1508: 1488: 1523: 242: 1027: 724: 1548: 491:
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. 658: 656: 654: 652: 650: 648: 405:After graduating, Beazley spent time at the 1529:People associated with the Ashmolean Museum 985:(Supplement). 30 December 1958. p. 26. 826:(Supplement). 3 October 1916. p. 9648. 1066: 1052: 830: 806:(Supplement). 17 March 1916. p. 3025. 782:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 719: 717: 715: 713: 711: 709: 707: 705: 501:Attische Vasenmaler des rotfigurigen Stils 343:professor of classical archaeology and art 44: 645: 243:Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford 975: 955: 857: 816: 796: 666:"Beazley, Sir John Davidson (1885–1970)" 510: 937:. American Academy of Arts and Sciences 932:"Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" 702: 672:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 137: 1919; died 1967) 1471: 1047: 883:. The British Academy. Archived from 663:Martin Robertson; David Gill (2004). 553:American Academy of Arts and Sciences 547:(FBA) in 1927. He was elected to the 1514:People educated at Christ's Hospital 924: 749: 633:. University of Oxford. 12 June 2012 1564:20th-century British archaeologists 562:in 1949, and therefore granted the 440:. For most of the war he worked in 13: 1519:Fellows of Lincoln College, Oxford 400: 333:, known for his classification of 14: 1585: 1569:20th-century English male writers 1509:Scholars of ancient Greek pottery 1489:Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford 1039:National Portrait Gallery, London 1024:; location of the Beazley Archive 1015: 840:The Archaeology of Ancient Greece 573:Order of the Companions of Honour 499:, appeared in 1942 (in German as 149:Order of the Companions of Honour 1524:Fellows of Christ Church, Oxford 837:James Whitley (4 October 2001). 582: 531:, but in 2007 it moved into the 298: 265:Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters 989: 899: 881:British Academy Fellows Archive 579:"for services to scholarship". 134: 1549:Fellows of the British Academy 869: 743: 549:American Philosophical Society 497:Attic Red-figure Vase-painters 259:Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters 1: 1022:Classical Art Research Centre 965:. 4 March 1949. p. 1125. 864:Classical Art Research Centre 613: 545:Fellow of the British Academy 506: 352: 1029:Dictionary of Art Historians 866:, Retrieved 4 December 2013. 696:UK public library membership 413:as a student (equivalent to 7: 1405:List of Greek vase painters 1075:Ancient Greek vase painting 587:In 1919, Beazley married a 454:Naval Intelligence Division 369:, Sussex. He then attended 10: 1590: 1494:English classical scholars 754:. Oxford. pp. 38–45. 601: 571:. He was appointed to the 538: 409:. He then returned to the 1438:Corpus vasorum antiquorum 1430: 1411: 1395: 1373: 1355: 1333: 1310: 1282: 1239: 1188: 1157: 1135: 1117: 1081: 750:Gill, David W.J. (2018). 543:Beazley was elected as a 281:Sir John Davidson Beazley 274: 251: 225: 199: 185: 180: 163: 158: 154: 144: 118: 108: 98: 80: 55: 43: 23: 1504:Classical archaeologists 558:Beazley was appointed a 407:British School at Athens 233:British School at Athens 477:Greek decorated pottery 371:Balliol College, Oxford 327:classical archaeologist 170:Balliol College, Oxford 1499:British art historians 681:10.1093/ref:odnb/30664 516: 389:. He graduated with a 577:1959 New Year Honours 514: 438:military intelligence 363:King Edward VI School 238:Christ Church, Oxford 217:Ancient Greek pottery 207:Classical archaeology 60:John Davidson Beazley 1443:East Greek Bird Bowl 911:search.amphilsoc.org 907:"APS Member History" 525:University of Oxford 436:, Beazley served in 411:University of Oxford 357:Beazley was born in 347:University of Oxford 109:Board member of 999:. 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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
Glasgow

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