Francis Cheetham
Francis William Cheetham
Career
Cheetham was born in 1928 and educated at
He went on to work for Derby Museums Education Service before he moved to take up work at Bolton Museum in 1957. Three years later he returned to the East Midlands to be a deputy art director and curator at Nottingham Castle Museum. After another three years he set up the Norwich Museums Service, based at Norwich Castle.
He was appointed OBE in the 1979 New Year Honours.
Scholarship
His personal study interest was in medieval English alabasters, based on his early work with the Nottingham collection. After retirement he published in 2003 what is now the standard work on the alabasters in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
His work on the
Bibliography
- Medieval English Alabaster Carvings in the Castle Museum Nottingham, City of Nottingham art Galleries and Museums Committee, 1973
- English Mediaeval Alabasters: With a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Phaidon Christie's, 1984, ISBN 0-7148-8014-0(978-0714880143)
- The Alabaster Men: Sacred Images From Medieval England, Daniel Katz Ltd 2001
- The Alabaster Images of Medieval England (Museum of London Medieval Finds 1150 - 1450), The Boydell Press, 2003, ISBN 1-84383-028-0(978-1843830283)
- English Medieval Alabasters: With a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Second Edition, The Boydell Press 2005, ISBN 1-84383-009-4(978-1843830092)
References
- ^ Obituary, The Times, 22 December 2005
- ^ "The Edwardian 1997, The Edwardian's Who's Who". Oldedwardians.org.uk. 1997. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- ^ "Francis Cheetham". The Times. London. 22 December 2005.
- ISBN 1-84383-028-0(978-1843830283)
- ^ Francis Cheetham lecture Archived 13 September 2012 at archive.today, accessed October 2011
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