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Sir John Pope-Hennessy

Sir John Pope-Hennessy

  • Slade Professor from 1964-65
  • Keeper of Sculpture (subsequently Director), Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Edward Prior

Edward Prior

  • Slade Professor from 1912-1932

Dame Jessica Rawson

Theodore Reff

  • Slade Professor from 1982-83
  • Professor of Art History, Columbia University
Pierre Rosenberg

Pierre Rosenberg

  • Slade Professor from 1986-87
  • Chief Curator of Paintings (later Director), Musée du Louvre, Paris
Joseph Rykwert

Joseph Rykwert

  • Slade Professor from 1979-80
  • Professor of Art, University of Essex

Gerhard Schmidt

  • Slade Professor from 1981-82
  • Professor of the History of Art, University of Vienna
Virginia Spate

Virginia Spate

  • Slade Professor from 1998-99
  • Power Professor of Fine Art, University of Sydney
Michael Sullivan

Michael Sullivan

  • Slade Professor from 1983-84
  • Christensen Professor of Oriental Art, Stanford University; Fellow of St Catharine’s College, Oxford
Sir John Summerson

Sir John Summerson

  • Slade Professor from 1966-67
  • Curator of Sir John Soane’s Museum, London

William Vaughan

  • Slade Professor from 1990-91
  • Professor of History of Art, Birkbeck College, University of London
Sir  Charles Waldstein (later Walston)

Sir Charles Waldstein (later Walston)

  • Slade Professor from 1895-1901 and 1904-11
  • Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1884-89

William Watson

  • Slade Professor from 1975-76
  • Professor and Head of the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, University of London
Geoffrey Webb

Geoffrey Webb

  • Slade Professor from 1938–1941 and from 1946–1949

Sir David Wilson

  • Slade Professor from 1985-86
  • Director of the British Museum, London
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