Ian Jenkins
Ian Jenkins is a museum curator and classical archaeologist. He holds a degree in Ancient Greek with Archaeology from the University of Bristol and a PhD from the University of London on the collection history and reception of classical, Assyrian and Egyptian sculpture at the British Museum, awarded in 1990. Since joining the British Museum as a curator in 1978, Jenkins has published numerous books and articles including Archaeologists and Aesthetes in the Sculpture Galleries of the British Museum 1800-1939 (1992), The Parthenon Frieze (1994), and Greek Architecture and its Sculpture:In the British Museum (2006). He has also curated several major exhibitions, investigated how to make the Parthenon frieze accessible to visually impaired people and been a spokesperson for the Museum on the “Elgin Marbles” controversy. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2010.
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org (accessed: August 3, 2020);
Kennedy, Maev, “Mutual attacks mar Elgin Marbles debate”, Guardian, 1 December 1999;
theguardian.com (accessed: August 3, 2020);
British Museum materials on the author and the Parthenon sculptures (accessed: August 18, 2020).
Bio prepared by Susan Deacy, University of Roehampton, s.deacy@roehampton.ac.uk
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