Sturgis, Alexander
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Fuller Name
- Alexander John
Variants
- Sturgis, Xa
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1963-11-06
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Ashmolean Museum
- Organization: Holburne Museum
- Organization: National Gallery (Great Britain)
- Organization: Worcester College (University of Oxford)
Birth Place
- London (England)
Associated Language
- English
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Sources
- found: Introducing Rembrandt, 1994:CIP title page (Alexander Sturgis)
- found: Daphne Wright: emotional archaeology, 2016:page 5 (Xa Sturgis) page 142 (British art historian; he is the current Director of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford; he was, from 2005 until September 2014, Director of the Holburne Museum in Bath; before joining the Holburne he worked at the National Gallery as Exhibition and Programme Curator)
- found: Wikipedia, viewed May 18, 2017(Alexander Sturgis; Alexander John Sturgis; born November 6, 1963, in London; British art historian and museum curator; studied history at University College, University of Oxford and graduated BA, which was later promoted to MA; he then undertook postgraduate study in art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, completing his PhD in 1990; he worked at the National Gallery from 1991 to 2005, starting in the education department then serving as exhibitions and programmes curator from 1999 to 2005; he was appointed Director of the Holburne Museum in 2005; he took up the appointment of Director of the Ashmolean Museum on October 1, 2014; he is also a Supernumerary Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford; in his spare time he is a magician under the name The Great Xa)
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Change Notes
- 1993-06-08: new
- 2018-05-22: revised
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