Ellis Waterhouse

Sir

Ellis Kirkham Waterhouse
Sir; Ellis Kirkham Waterhouse
Born	16 February 1905
Died	7 September 1985 (aged 80)
Education	Marlborough College
Alma mater	New College, Oxford; Princeton University;
Occupation	Art historian
Partner	Helen Waterhouse
Parent	Percy Leslie Waterhouse

Sir Ellis Kirkham Waterhouse (16 February 1905 – 7 September 1985) was an English art historian and museum director who specialised in Roman baroque and English painting. He was Director of the National Galleries of Scotland (1949–52) and held the Barber chair at Birmingham University until his official retirement in 1970.

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