Sir Sidney Colvin (18 June 1845 – 11 May 1927) was a British curator and literary and art critic, part of the illustrious Anglo-Indian Colvin family.
Sidney Colvin
British literary critic
Sir Sidney Colvin was a British 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. Wikipedia
Born: June 18, 1845, West Norwood, London, United Kingdom
Died: May 11, 1927 (age 81 years), Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Parents: Bazett David Colvin and Mary Steuart Bayley
Spouse: Frances Sitwell (m. 1903; died 1924)
Sidney Colvin was appointed Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge at the early age of twenty seven, at a time when Ruskin held the Slade Chair at Oxford.
Sidney Colvin, the English scholar, who became a lifelong friend, and Fanny Sitwell (who later married Colvin).
Sir Sydney Colvin. Gender: male. Date Born: 1845. Date Died: 1927. Place Born: Norwood, Croydon, Greater London, England, UK. Place Died: Kensington, Kensington ...
Sidney Colvin was a literary and art critic. A scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, he became a fellow of his college in 1868.
Art critic and writer, particularly for 'The Portfolio' and 'The Fortnightly Review'; Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1876–83; then Keeper of Prints and ...
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(1845–1927). After establishing himself as an art critic, Sidney Colvin turned to his love of literature and became a notable literary biographer.
Aug 3, 2023 ˇ Kt.; British art and literary scholar and museum administrator; Slade Professor of Fine Art, Cambridge; director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, ...
Books by Colvin, Sidney (sorted by popularity) ; Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends John Keats 548 downloads ; Songs of Travel, and Other Verses ...