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Sir Roy Colin Strong (born 23 August 1935) is an English art historian, museum curator, writer, broadcaster and landscape designer. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Art history is the Academic study of objects of Art in their Historical development and stylistic contexts i He has been director of both the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design housing a permanent collection

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Education

Roy Colin Strong was born in Winchmore Hill, North London and attended Edmonton County School in Edmonton. Winchmore Hill is a district in the Borough of Enfield, North London, in the N21 postal district North London is the northern part of London, England. The area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes Edmonton County School is a specialist technology college in Edmonton in the London Borough of Enfield in north London. Edmonton is an area in the east of the London Borough of Enfield, England, United Kingdom with a long history as a settlement distinct from Enfield

He earned a first class honours degree in history at Queen Mary College, University of London. Queen Mary University of London (known as Queen Mary and Westfield College until 2000 and still officially named as such in its charter Queen Mary incorporates several The University of London is a university based primarily in London, England, UK. He then earned his Ph.D from the Warburg Institute, University of London and became a research fellow at the Institute of Historical Research. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. The Warburg Institute is a research institution associated with the University of London. The University of London is a university based primarily in London, England, UK. The title of research fellow is used to denote an academic research position at a University or similar institution History Foundation The IHR was founded in 1921 by eminent British historian AF Pollard, then a Professor of Constitutional History at University College His passionate interest in the portraiture of Queen Elizabeth I was sidelined "while he wrote a thesis on Elizabethan Court Pageantry supervised by the Renaissance scholar, Dame Frances Yates “who [he says] restructured and re-formed my thinking. The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth" Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere Dame Frances Amelia Yates DBE ( November 28 1899 &ndash September 29 1981) was a noted British historian ”[1] In 2007 Strong lists his qualifications as, DLitt PhD FSS. [2]

Marriage

Roy Strong married Julia Trevelyan Oman in 1971, and he was knighted in 1982. [3] The arts world was astonished when "Strong abandoned the bachelor life and "eloped" with Julia Trevelyan Oman, marrying her at Wilmcote church, near Stratford-upon-Avon, on September 10 1971 with a special licence from the Archbishop of Canterbury. Wilmcote is a village in the English county of Warwickshire, about three miles north of Stratford-upon-Avon. Stratford-upon-Avon (ˌstrætfɚd əpɒn ˈɛɪvən is a Market town and Civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the Julia Trevelyan Oman was 41 and her husband 35. . . they enjoyed a belated honeymoon in Tuscany. Tuscany (Toscana is a region in Italy. It has an area of 22990 km² and a population of about 3 "[4]

National Portrait Gallery

He became assistant keeper of the National Portrait Gallery in 1959, and was its director 1967-73: Sir Roy came to prominence at age 32 when he became the youngest director of the National Portrait Gallery. He set about transforming its conservative image with a series of extrovert shows, including "600 Cecil Beaton portraits 1928-1968. Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton ( 14 January 1904 &ndash 18 January 1980) was an English fashion and portrait Photographer " Dedicated to the culture of the 60s and 70s, Sir Roy went on to wow audiences at the V&A in 1974 with his collection of fedora hats, kipper ties and maxi coats. By regularly introducing new exhibitions he doubled attendance. [5]

Reflecting on his time as director of the National Portrait Gallery, Sir Roy Strong pinpoints the exhibition "Beaton Portraits 1928-1968" as a turning point in the gallery’s history. . . Strong chose fashion photographer Cecil Beaton as a catalyst for change says much about the glamour and appeal of the photographer’s work. Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton ( 14 January 1904 &ndash 18 January 1980) was an English fashion and portrait Photographer But even so, it seems unlikely that anyone could have predicted the sheer scale of the exhibition’s success. "The public flocked to the exhibition and its run was extended twice. The queues to get in made national news. The Gallery had arrived", writes Strong in the catalogue to Beaton Portraits, the gallery’s new exhibition which runs until May 31. [6]

Victoria & Albert Museum

In 1973, aged 39, he became the youngest director of the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London. The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design housing a permanent collection London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. In his tenure, until 1987, he presided over its exhibitions The Destruction of the Country House (1974, with Marcus Binney and John Harris), Change and Decay: the future of our churches (1977), and The Garden: a Celebration of a Thousand Years of British Gardening (1979), all of which have been credited with boosting their conservationist agendas. Marcus Binney CBE is a British architectural Historian and author John Frederick Harris OBE (1931-) is an English curator historian of architecture gardens and architectural drawings and the author of more than 25 books and catalogues In 1980, "he was awarded the prestigious Shakespeare Prize by the FVS Foundation of Hamburg in recognition of his contribution to the arts in the UK. The Shakespeare Prize was an annual prize for writing or performance awarded to a British citizen by the Hamburg Alfred Toepfer Foundation. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany "[7]

Herefordshire

Sir Roy lives in the village of Much Birch, which lies 8 miles (13 km) south of Hereford on the A49 trunk road. Hereford ( ˈhɛrɨfəd is a city, Civil parish and County town of Herefordshire, England. Here, with his late wife, Julia Trevelyan Oman, who died in 2003, he designed one of England's largest post-war formal gardens, The Laskett. He now works full-time as a writer and broadcaster. He has lived in Herefordshire since 1973-4 and he and his wife conceived the Laskett garden in autumn 1974.

Writings

In 1999, he published The Spirit of Britain: A Narrative History of the Arts, a widely acclaimed 700-page study of British arts through two millennia. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In 2005, he published Coronation: A History of Kingship and the British Monarchy.

After leaving the V&A, Strong published a set of diaries that became infamous for its often critical assessments of figures in the art and political worlds. It has been rumoured that he has retained a set for posthumous publication. "His bitchy, hilarious diaries caused a storm when they were published in 1997 and although he has no plans at present to publish another set, he is keeping a private diary again. "[8]

Anglicanism

As a committed Anglican, Strong serves as an altar server at Hereford Cathedral, as well as being high steward of Westminster Abbey. Anglicanism is a tradition of Christian faith Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs The current Hereford Cathedral, located at Hereford in England, dates from 1079 The High Steward of Westminster Abbey is an honorary role at Westminster Abbey, London The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large mainly Gothic church He was previously its high bailiff. [9] In this capacity he attended the funeral service of the Queen Mother in 2001. Queen mother is a title or position reserved for a widowed Queen consort (a Queen dowager) whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch On 30 May 2007, in the Crypt of St Paul's Cathedral, he delivered the annual Gresham College Special Lecture, entitled The Beauty of Holiness and its Perils (or what is to happen to 10,000 parish churches?),[10] which was deeply critical of the status quo. St Paul's Cathedral, is the Anglican Cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. Gresham College is an unusual institution of higher learning off Holborn in central London. He said: "little case can be made in the twenty-first century for an expensive building to exist for a service once a week or month lasting an hour,"[10] and he recommends someone taking "an axe and hatchet the utterly awful kipper coloured choir stalls and pews, drag them out of the church and burn them," and 'letting in the local community' in order to preserve many rural churches in Britain. [10]

Television

In 2008 Strong hosted a six-part TV reality series The Diets That Time Forgot. He acted as the Director of the fictitous Institute of Physical Culture, where nine volunteers spent 24 days testing three weight loss diets and fitness regimes that were popular in the late Victorian (William Banting) and Edwardian periods (Horace Fletcher) and the 'roaring' Twenties (Dr Lulu Hunt Peters). William Banting (1797 – 16 March 1878) was an Obese English Undertaker who may have been one of the first people to reduce his Horace Fletcher (1849–1919 was an American health- food faddist of the Victorian era who earned the nickname "The Great Masticator" by The weekly series was first aired on March 18 on Channel 4. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.qmul.ac.uk/alumni/publications/quad/quad14.pdf. Sir Roy at 69: Roy Strong Interview, Quad Alumni magazine #14, Queen Mary College, June 2005, pp. 6-8
  2. ^ Gresham College | Lectures and Events
  3. ^ http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article37262.ece Alan Strachan, Obituary: Julia Trevelyan Oman, The Independent, 13 October, 2003
  4. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/13/db1301.xml Julia Trevelyan Oman (Obituary), The Daily Telegraph, 12 October 2003
  5. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/events/millennium/mar/guest2.stm Your Millennium, BBC
  6. ^ http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/exh_gfx_en/ART19843.html Florence Hallett, The Fame Game - Cecil Beaton at the National Portrait Gallery, 13 February 2004
  7. ^ http://traveltraveltravel.com/brit_sir%20roy%20strong.htm Sir Roy Strong
  8. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2002/05/24/baroy24.xml Jan Moir, I gave everything. Is that silly? (Interview with Roy Strong at the Chelsea Flower Show), Telegraph, 24 May 2002
  9. ^ http://www.westminster-abbey.org/search/11692?query=sir+roy+strong Whence & Whither in Another Millennium, A lecture by The Very Reverend Dr Wesley Carr, Dean of Westminster on Tuesday 3 April 2001
  10. ^ a b c Gresham College | Lectures and Events

Selected books

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Cultural offices
Preceded by
David Piper		 Director of the National Portait Gallery
1967-1973		 Succeeded by
John Hayes
Preceded by
John Pope-Hennessy		 Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum
1973-1987		 Succeeded by
Elizabeth Esteve-Coll
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, officially the Great Spring Show and part of London's summer Social season. Weidenfeld & Nicolson is a British publisher of fiction and reference books Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton ( 14 January 1904 &ndash 18 January 1980) was an English fashion and portrait Photographer John Evelyn ( 31 October 1620 – 27 February 1706) was an English writer gardener and diarist London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. the University (or derivatives but lower-case when referring to many universitiesor universities John Trevor Hayes CBE FRSA ( January 21, 1929 – December 25, 2005) was a British art historian Sir John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy (1913–1994 was a British art historian and museum director The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design housing a permanent collection Dame Elizabeth Anne Loosemore Esteve-Coll (née Kingdon DBE, BA, FRSA (born 1938 is Chancellor of the University of Lincoln.
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