ANDREWS, Frederick Henry (Fred). 1866 — 1957. British Educator and Scholar in India, a lay Art Historian, noted for his catalogues of M. A. Stein’s Central Asian finds. Son of publisher Arliss Andrews. He studied stained glass and joined the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society and Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. He became friend of Rudyard Kipling and from 1890 worked as vice-principal of the Mayo School of Arts in Lahore under Lockwood Kipling. InLahore he also met A. Stein. From 1914 principal of a technical college in Srinagar. Married Nora.
Publications: One Hundred Carpet Designs: From Various Parts of India. 10 p. 82+17 pl. L. 1905; “Indian carpets and rugs”, Journal of Indian Arts and Industries 11, 1906, 5-10.
– Ancient Chinese Figured Silks Excavated by Sir Aurel Stein at Ruined Sites of Central Asia. 20 p. 15 fig. L. 1920.
– The influences of Indian art. 8+151 p. ill. L. 1925.
– Descriptive Catalog of Antiquities Recovered by A. Stein, During His Explorations in Central Asia, Kansu and Eastern Iran. N.D. 1935.
– “Sir Aurel Stein: The Man”, Indian Art and Letters 18, 1944, ??-??.
– Wall Paintings from Ancient Shrines in Central Asia recovered by Sir Aurel Stein. 1-2. 34+128 p. 32 pl. O.U.P. 1948.
Sources: Wikipedia with two photos, but nothing about his life after the 1910s.
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