Christopher Gandy
Christopher Thomas Gandy (1917-2009) was a British soldier, diplomat and collector of Islamic art.
Life
[edit]Christopher Gandy was the son of the writer Ida Gandy and Thomas Hall Gandy (1876–1948), a GP. He was a direct descendant of the architect Joseph Gandy and Selina Byam, painted by Thomas Gainesborough. His younger siblings were the mathematician Robin Gandy and Gillian Gandy, a pioneer of neonatal intensive care.[1]
Gandy was a diplomat active in Yemen, Libya, and Iran from the 1940s until the 1970s.[2]
He died on 9 December 2009, aged 92.[3] He bequeathed his collection of Islamic art to the Ashmolean Museum. Highlights were exhibited at the Ashmolean in 2014.[2]
Writings
[edit]- "The Yemen Revisited". Asian Affairs. 58. October 1971. doi:10.1080/03068377108729585.
- "Clio with One Eye: a New Book on the Armenians in Ottoman Turkey". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: 370–7. 1988.
- "A Mission to Yemen: August 1962-January 1963". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 25 (2): 247-74. November 1998. JSTOR 195734.
References
[edit]- ^ "Obituary: Gillian Gandy". BMJ. 2 June 2016. doi:10.1136/bmj.i3106.
- ^ a b "Lure of the East: Selections from the Christopher Gandy Collection". Ashmolean Museum. 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 69819. 15 December 2009. p. 56.
External links
[edit]- Christopher Gandy Photo Gallery: Middle East including North Africa, 1940s to 1970s, Middle East Centre Archive