Jean Sutherland Boggs
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Jean Sutherland Boggs, CC, Ph.D., FRSC, (born 1922 in Negritos, Peru) is a Canadian art historian and civil servant.
She was the first female director of the National Gallery of Canada, appointed in 1966. She was chair and chief executive officer of the Canada Museums Construction Corporation, where she was involved with the construction of both a custom-built National Gallery building and the unique Canadian Museum of Civilization. As an art historian, she has written books about the life of Edgar Degas, including Portraits By Degas (1962).
In 1973 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1992. In 1979 she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature from the University of Saskatchewan. In 2000 she was awarded an honorary degree from Concordia University.
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