John White (art historian)

John Edward Clement Twarowski White, CBE, FSA (4 October 1924 – 6 November 2021) was a British art historian and was formerly the head of the Department of History of Art at the University College London (UCL).^[1] In 1992 he was made an Honorary Fellow of UCL.^[2] He was also the author of a number of books on Medieval and Renaissance art, as well as on the artist Duccio of Siena.

^ University College London - History of Art Degree - History of the Department Archived 21 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine - . "The first holder of the chair was Tancred Borenius, known as ‘the Flying Finn’, who remained professor until his death in 1947. He was succeeded in rapid succession by two of the most eminent art historians of the century, Rudolf Wittkower and Ernst Gombrich, who both gave notable lectures to Slade students, notes for which are still preserved in the Department. Gombrich was succeeded by another German émigré, Leopold Ettlinger, and it was he who, in 1964, set up a separate Department of the History of Art. Under his successor, the distinguished Italian Renaissance scholar John White, the Department expanded considerably, consisting by the time of his retirement in 1990, of nine teaching staff. "
^ Honorary Fellows of University College London. "Professor John Edward Clement Twarowski WHITE, CBE, MA, PhD; Emeritus (Durning-Lawrence); Professor of History of Art, UCL; Dean of the Faculty of Arts, UCL, 1976–79; Vice-Provost, UCL, 1984-88 and subsequently Pro-Provost for External Affairs. [1992]."

[1] University College London - History of Art Degree - History of the Department Archived 21 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine - . "The first holder of the chair was Tancred Borenius, known as ‘the Flying Finn’, who remained professor until his death in 1947. He was succeeded in rapid succession by two of the most eminent art historians of the century, Rudolf Wittkower and Ernst Gombrich, who both gave notable lectures to Slade students, notes for which are still preserved in the Department. Gombrich was succeeded by another German émigré, Leopold Ettlinger, and it was he who, in 1964, set up a separate Department of the History of Art. Under his successor, the distinguished Italian Renaissance scholar John White, the Department expanded considerably, consisting by the time of his retirement in 1990, of nine teaching staff. "

[2] Honorary Fellows of University College London. "Professor John Edward Clement Twarowski WHITE, CBE, MA, PhD; Emeritus (Durning-Lawrence); Professor of History of Art, UCL; Dean of the Faculty of Arts, UCL, 1976–79; Vice-Provost, UCL, 1984-88 and subsequently Pro-Provost for External Affairs. [1992]."

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