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Academics and scholars


407 People in group

Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Maggie Aderin-Pocock

1968-
Scientist and mechanical engineer
Sitter in 1 portrait
Maurice Ashley-Cooper

Maurice Ashley-Cooper

1675-1726
Classical scholar; younger brother of 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
Sitter in 1 portrait
Elizabeth Carter

Elizabeth Carter

1717-1806
Scholar and writer
Sitter associated with 9 portraits
Lord David Cecil

Lord David Cecil

1902-1986
Scholar, teacher and writer
Sitter in 74 portraits
Amelia Edwards

Amelia Edwards

1831-1892
Novelist and egyptologist
Sitter in 6 portraits
Sir Christopher John Frayling

Sir Christopher John Frayling

1946-
Professor of Cultural History; Rector and Vice-Provost, Royal College of Art
Sitter in 3 portraits
Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray

1716-1771
Classical scholar and poet
Sitter in 14 portraits
Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield

Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield

1950-
Professor of Synaptic Pharmacology
Sitter in 2 portraits
Stuart McPhail Hall

Stuart McPhail Hall

1932-2014
Sociologist, cultural theorist, academic and political activist; Chair of Iniva and Autograph ABP
Sitter in 2 portraits
Richard Hooker

Richard Hooker

1554-1600
Theologian and philosopher
Sitter associated with 17 portraits
A.E. Housman

A.E. Housman

1859-1936
Poet and classical scholar
Sitter in 4 portraits
Carl Gustav Jung

Carl Gustav Jung

1875-1961
Psychiatrist and psychotherapist
Sitter in 1 portrait
Alexis Korner

Alexis Korner

1928-1984
Musician and radio broadcaster
Sitter in 1 portrait
Edward William Lane

Edward William Lane

1801-1876
Arabic scholar
Sitter in 2 portraits
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton

1709-1773
Scholar and Whig politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sitter in 7 portraits
Cecil Henry Meares

Cecil Henry Meares

1877-1937
Lieutenant-Colonel, linguist and Antarctic explorer
Sitter in 3 portraits
Sir Thomas More

Sir Thomas More

1478-1535
Lord Chancellor, classical scholar, author of 'Utopia' and canonized 1935
Sitter associated with 54 portraits
Lars Nittve

Lars Nittve

1953-
Museum director, curator, art critic and writer; Founding Director of Tate Modern
Sitter in 1 portrait
Onora Sylvia O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve

Onora Sylvia O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve

1941-
Philosopher, writer and academic
Sitter in 2 portraits
Nikolaus Pevsner

Nikolaus Pevsner

1902-1983
Art historian and architectural scholar
Sitter in 5 portraits