John Beazley

Sir

John Beazley

CH FBA
Sir; John Beazley; CH FBA
	Beazley cataloguing an unidentified vase in 1956
Born	John Davidson Beazley; 13 September 1885; Glasgow, Scotland
Died	6 May 1970 (aged 84); Oxford, England
Title	Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art
Board member of	British Academy
Spouse	Marie Ezra (m. 1919; died 1967)
Awards	Order of the Companions of Honour
Academic background
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford (BA)
Academic work
Discipline	Archaeology and classics
Sub-discipline	Classical archaeology; art history; Ancient Greek pottery;
Institutions	British School at Athens; Christ Church, Oxford; Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford;
Notable works	Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters (1946); Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters (1956);

Sir John Davidson Beazley, CH, FBA (/ˈbiːzli/; 13 September 1885 – 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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