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in History, Kings College, London; MA and PhD Courtauld Institute
(Flowers in Netherlandish Paintings and Manuscripts). Travelled
and taught in Africa and Asia. Research Assistant in the Africa
Sections, first of the Foreign Office, then Amnesty International.
Gained botanical experience researching the uses of plants at
the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Freelance lecturer (principally
for NADFAS), and writer (principally for HORTUS); identifying
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1965
BA in History, Kings College, London. (Special subject;
The Italian Renaissance, taught by Professor Gombrich)
1965-70 History Teacher, first for VSO in Sierra Leone,
then in Ethiopia (the English School, Addis Ababa)
1970-73 Research Assistant, Africa Section, Foreign and
Commonwealth Office
1973-75 History Teacher in Hong Kong (the English Schools
Foundation)
1975-79 Research Assistant, Africa Section, Amnesty International,
International Secretariat
1979-85 Maternity leave
1985-89 Assistant Scientific Officer, Economic Botany
Department, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
1991 MA, Courtauld Institute, thesis "Flowers and Gardens
in Fifteenth Century Netherlandish Paintings", taught course
"Netherlandish Painters and their Workshops' with Dr Lorne Campbell.
1996 PhD, Courtauld Institute, thesis "The Development
of Flower Borders in Ghent Bruges Manuscripts
1470-1490", supervised by Dr Lorne
Campbell. |
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Principally to NADFAS groups where my subjects are based around
Flowers in Early Netherlandish Paintings, Tapestries and Manuscripts;
and also Dutch and Flemish Still lifes of Flowers and Fruit;
also Impressionist Flowers and Gardens. I have also occasionally
lectured at the National Gallery (Symposia on Campin and the
Wilton Diptych); Birkbeck (Form, Meaning and Style in Early
Netherlandish Art); the Courtauld Institute and the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew. |
Contributions to Journals include:
"The Montacute Tapestry", Apollo, June 1993
"Rosemary for Remembrance", The Garden, June 1991
"Elizabethan Plantsmen", The Garden, January 1993
"Chaucer's Gardens", "Shakespeare's Weeds" etc. HORTUS
1990-2001
"Floral Motifs and the Problem of a Campin Workshop" Robert
Campin, New Directions in Scholarship, National Gallery,
1996
"A Study of the Plants and Flowers in the Wilton Diptych", The
Regal Image of Richard II and the Wilton Diptych, Harvey
Miller, 1997
A Pocket Guide to Flowers and Fruit in National Gallery Paintings,
National Gallery Publications, 1998
Still Life Paintings, Vadi Art History Guides, 2000
"Autumnal Still Lifes" , Art Quarterly, Autumn 2000 . |
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