John Pope-Hennessy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Pope-Hennessy

British art historian and museum director

Date of Birth: 13-Dec-1913

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 31-Oct-1994

Profession: art historian, museum director

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Sir John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy (13 December 1913 – 31 October 1994), was a British art historian and Director of the British Museum (1974 – 1976).
He was a scholar of Italian Renaissance art.
Many of his writings, including the tripartite Introduction to Italian Sculpture and his magnum opus, Donatello: Sculptor, are regarded as classics in the field.