Edward Chaney

Professor
Edward Paul de Gruyter Chaney
PhD FSA FRHistS
Born1951
OccupationUniversity professor
TitleProfessor of Fine and Decorative Arts, Southampton Solent University
Board member ofGovernor of University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
SpouseLisa Chaney
Children2, including Olivia Chaney
AwardsCommendatore of the Italian Republic
Academic background
EducationPhD
Alma materWarburg Institute, University of London
Academic work
DisciplineCultural history
Sub-disciplineArt, architecture, collecting, Anglo-Italian relations
InstitutionsSouthampton Solent University
Main interestsGrand Tour, Anglo-Italian Cultural Relations, History of Collecting, Inigo Jones, Legacy of Ancient Egypt, 20th century British Art
Notable worksEvolution of the Grand Tour (1998)
Websitehttps://www.solent.ac.uk/staff-profiles/academic-profiles/edward-chaney/edward-chaney

Edward Chaney FSA FRHistS (born 1951) is a British cultural historian.[1] He is Professor Emeritus at Solent University and Honorary Professor at University College London (School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS) – Centre for Early Modern Exchanges London).[2] He is an authority on the evolution of the Grand Tour, Anglo-Italian cultural relations, the history of collecting, Inigo Jones and the legacy of ancient Egypt. He also publishes on aspects of 20th-century British art. In 2003, he was made a Commendatore of the Italian Republic.[3] He is the biographer of Gerald Basil Edwards, author of The Book of Ebenezer Le Page which he succeeded in publishing following the author's death in 1976.[4] This has since been recognised as a twentieth-century classic.[5]

  1. ^ 'CHANEY, Prof. Edward Paul de Gruyter', Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015; http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U70846. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Professor Edward Chaney academic profile". solent.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Presidenza della Republica: Onorificenza". quirinale.it. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  4. ^ Fowles, John, Introduction to The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, Hamish Hamilton, 1981
  5. ^ Margaret Drabble, Oxford Companion to English Literature, 6th ed. p.99.