Peter Murray

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1920 – 1992

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Who was Peter Murray?

Peter John Murray was a Professor of History of Art at Birkbeck College, London, from 1967, succeeding Nikolaus Pevsner. He retired in 1980 and was succeeded by John Steer.

Together with his wife Linda Murray, Peter wrote key primers about Italian renaissance art that have been used by generations of students. Following Peter's death, The Guardian obituary called them a "diptych of art historians".

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Born
1920
Died
1992

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on July 23, 2013

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