John Beazley

John Beazley

Sir John Davidson Beazley, CH, MA, LittD, DLitt, FBA (13 September 1885 to 6 May 1970) was a British classical archaeologist and art historian, known for his classification of Attic Vases by artistic style. He was Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at the University of Oxford from 1925 to 1956.

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