Museum director

Carl Winter

1906–1966 · United Kingdom

British museum director. Worked for Fitzwilliam Museum.

Life and work

1906
Born in Melbourne according to the authority record
MelbourneWikidata / GND authority record. Winter, Carl (1906-1966)
1946
Became Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Cooper: Director "from 1946 to 1966")
CambridgeC. L. Cooper (2012). The Antiquities Department takes shape: The Fitzwilliam in the early twentieth century. Journal of the History of Collections 24(3), 347-367. Oxford University Press, p. 350
1966
Ceased to be Director in 1966; the authority record gives his death in Cambridge in 1966
CambridgeC. L. Cooper (2012). The Antiquities Department takes shape: The Fitzwilliam in the early twentieth century. Journal of the History of Collections 24(3), 347-367. Oxford University Press, p. 350 ; Wikidata / GND authority record. Winter, Carl (1906-1966)

Recording and study

1 record

Employed by1: Carl Winter succeeded Clarke as Director.
Employed by Fitzwilliam MuseumHistory of the Fitzwilliam…, p. 350

Mentioned in

3 mentions

Documents · 2

History of the Fitzwilliam Museum's Greek and Roman collection
Employed · p. 350
Carl Winter succeeded Clarke as Director.
Greek Pins and Their Connexions with Europe and Asia
Jacobsthal 1956

Institutions · 1

Fitzwilliam Museum
Director · 1946
A letter of 26 April 1947 from C. Winter (Director 1946-66) to A. W. Lawrence agreed the transfer to Sydney: about 160 items on 'permanent loan' from the…
Cooper 2012, p. 350; p. 361; Christophilopoulou 2016

Sources

1.Wikidata / GND authority record. Winter, Carl (1906-1966). Online
2.C. L. Cooper (2012). “The Antiquities Department takes shape: The Fitzwilliam in the early twentieth century”. Journal of the History of Collections 24(3), 347-367. Oxford University Press.
3.“History of the Fitzwilliam Museum's Greek and Roman collection”. Journal of the History of Collections. Online

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