Francis Cheetham

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Francis William Cheetham 5 February 1928 - 8 November 2005 was a leading authority on Nottingham Alabaster and the author of several books and articles on the subject.

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[edit] Career

Francis Cheetham earned a degree in Spanish at Sheffield University in 1949. After National Service he worked as a teacher in Sheffield and did voluntary work at Sheffield Museum.

After working for Derby Museums Education Service he moved to Bolton Museum as an assistant in 1957. In 1960 he went to Nottingham Castle Museum as deputy art director and curator and in 1963 he became director of Norwich Museums.

[edit] Scholarship

His personal study interest was in medieval English alabasters, based on his early work with the Nottingham collection. After retirement he published in 2003 what is now the standard work on the alabasters in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

His work on the Nottingham Alabaster collection was published in 2005. On retirement he lectured extensively.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Medieval English Alabaster Carvings in the Castle Museum Nottingham, City of Nottingham art Galleries and Museums Committee, 1973
  • English Mediaeval Alabasters: With a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Phaidon Christie's, 1984, ISBN 0714880140 (978-0714880143)
  • The Alabaster Men: Sacred Images From Medieval England, Daniel Katz Ltd 2001
  • The Alabaster Images of Medieval England (Museum of London Medieval Finds 1150 - 1450), The Boydell Press, 2003, ISBN 1843830280 (978-1843830283)
  • English Medieval Alabasters: With a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Second Edition, The Boydell Press 2005, ISBN 1843830094 (978-1843830092)

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