Trendall, A. D. (Arthur Dale), 1909-1995 (Australian art historian and classical archaeologist)
Person
Biography/Historical Note
Classicist, art historian, and university administrator.
Nationality:
Australian.
Education:
University of Otago, New Zealand, 1926-1930. Trinity College, Cambridge, UK, 1931-1933.
Role within the BSR:
Rome Scholar in Classical Studies, 1934-1936; Librarian, 1936-1938.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Slides 'B': 02632-04096
Sub-Series
Slides 'B': 02632-04096
Reference number: SPRS/LS/5
Scope and Contents
Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.02632 to B.04096. Subjects include building structures, archaeological sites in North Africa - Tébessa and Timgad or Thamugadi (Algeria) -, excavations in the Roman Forum and architectural remains and monuments from the Forum of Nerva, Forum of Caesar and Forum of Trajan. The archaeological site of Pompeii, the whereabouts of Virgil's farm near Mantua (Lombardy) and other building structures and monuments in Verona and Rome are also...
Dates:
1890 - 1950
Slides 'B': 04097-04345
Sub-Series
Slides 'B': 04097-04345
Reference number: SPRS/LS/6
Scope and Contents
Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.04097 to B.04345. Subjects include building structures, archaeological sites in North Africa - Batna (Algeria), Djemila (Algeria), Carthage (Tunisia), Thugga (Tunisia) and Lepcis Magna (Libya) -, the Roman Forum and architectural remains and monuments from the Fora and other locations in Rome. The archaeological sites of Pompeii and Ostia, various landscape photographs of places in Sicily (Mount Etna, Erice, Palermo, Cefalù) and...
Dates:
1890 - 1950
Trendall, Arthur Dale, 1934 - 1990, Academic years: 1934 - 1935; 1935 - 1936
File
Trendall, Arthur Dale, 1934 - 1990, Academic years: 1934 - 1935; 1935 - 1936
Reference number: AR-01.01.02/3
Scope and Contents
Documents from this file include: correspondence between Dale Trendall and Evelyn Shaw (BSR Honorary General Secretary); correspondence between Trendall and Colin Hardie (BSR Director); correspondence between Trendall and Mrs. Brogan (FAHL's Secretary); reference letters; application form; curriculum vitae. His proposed field of study was on the pottery of South Italy, especially that of the style known as Paestan, and the general history of the towns of South Italy during the fourth and...
Dates:
Record Keeping: 1934 - 1990; Academic years: 1934 - 1935; 1935 - 1936