DISERENS, Hélène Suzanne. Switzerland 17.11.1920 — Paris 10.11.2005. Swiss (?) Art Historian. Grew up in Kobe, Japan, in the age of 14 she was sent to a school in Switzerland. From 1951 worked as photographer at Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles. Retired in 1980, then living in Paris. In…
DIMAND, Maurice Sven. Austria 2.8.1892 — 1986. U.S. (Austrian-born) Art Historian. Son of William Dimand and Betty Rosengren. Studies at Vienna, Ph.D. 1916 (under Strzygowski, diss. on Coptic tapestries). In 1916-18 Research assistant in Institute Fine Arts, Vienna. Came to the U.S.A. in 1923, naturalized 1931. From 1923 Assistant, 1925…
CALMEYER, Peter. Halle 5.9.1930 — Berlin 22.11.1995. German Archaeologist and Iranian Scholar. Son of Hans Georg Calmeyer, an attorney-at-law, and his wife Ruth, grew up in Osnabrück. After matriculation from Osnabrück studied from 1950 classical archaeology at Münster and Munich, from 1955 Near Eastern archaeology at F.U.Berlin. Ph.D. 1965. Then…
BUSSON, Andrée. Paris 25.2.1910 — Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis) 9.12.1985. Mme. French Art Historian. Joined Société asiatique in 1949. In 1978 in Paris. In 2019 described as “licenciée ès lettres, chargée de mission au Musée Guimet”. Married Dr. André Busson (1902–1968). Publications: “Les fouilles françaises dans l’Inde du Sud (1949-1952)”, Arts as. 1,…
ARNOLD, Thomas Walker. Devonport, Plymouth 19.4.1864 — Kensington, London 9.6.1930. Sir. British Historian of Islamic Art. Son of a Devonport businessman, educated at City of London School. Studied Classics and Oriental languages at Cambridge (Magdalene College). From 1888 he taught at Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College (MAO College, future Aligarh Muslim University),…
ARCHER, Mildred Agnes (née Bell, called “Tim”). London 28.12.1911 — Cleeve, Somerset 4.5.2005. British Art Historian. Daughter of two teachers. Studies at Oxford (St.Hilda’s College): M.A., D.Litt. 1977. Wife and helper of —> W. G. Archer (1907–1979), since 1934. On 1934-48 they were living in India (mainly Bihar), where the husband…
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…
SCERRATO, Umberto. 4.11.1928 — 19.2.2004. Italian Archaeologist and Art Historian. Taught at Naples. Worked on Islamic and Iranian regions, alo participated in Swat excavations. To his memory is dedicated the Museo Orientale Umberto Scerrato in Naples, opened in 2012. Publications: Arte islamica a Napoli. 16+208 p. Napoli 1968; other writings…
HARLE, James (Jim) Coffin. Santa Monica, Calif. 5.4.1920 — 27.6.2004. U.S. Art Historian in the U.K. Son of James Wyly H. and Elfrieda Frances Baumann. Educated at St George’s School in Newport, RI and at Princeton (B.A. 1942). In 1942-46 in war service in U.S.N.R., Aviation Branch, retired as Lieutenant.…
ZWALF, Wladimir. 30.8.1932 — Cambridge ?.9.2002. British Indologist and Librarian. Son of Max Zwalf (1901–1954) and Maria (Manja) Schwarz (1904–1980, a Russian Jew). In 1952-55 studies at Lincoln College, Oxford (Sanskrit under Burrow). In 1957-62 Assistant Keeper in charge of Sanskrit, Prakrit, Pali and Avestan collections in India Office Library.…