Mary Tregear, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Mary Tregear

British art historian

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1924

Date of Death: 17-Dec-2010

Profession: art historian

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Mary Tregear

  • Mary Tregear (11 February 1924 – 17 December 2010) was a British museum curator and art historian specializing in Chinese art.
  • She was born in Wuchang, China. After studying at Bristol University and SOAS, University of London, she taught in the Central China University for three years.
  • She was then a curator at Hong Kong University’s Fung Ping Shan Museum, also lecturing.
  • In 1961 she joined the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, where she was Assistant Keeper for the Chinese collection, and then Keeper of Eastern Art, 1987-1991.
  • She was a fellow of St Cross College, Oxford, a fellow of the British Academy, and President of the Oriental Ceramic Society from 1978 to 1980.

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