Graham Pollard: Expert on Italian Renaissance Medals

John Graham Pollard, numismatist, museum curator and civic campaigner died on 17 December 2007.

Graham Pollard was the leading authority on Italian Renaissance medals in the post-war period. He will be best remembered as the author of the multi-volume catalogues of two of the greatest collections in the world, those of the Bargello Museum in Florence and the National Gallery of Art in Washington. But as a curator of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge – whose coin and medal collection he did much to enhance – his influence was far wider, as he shared his knowledge and judgement with students, scholars, collectors and dealers. Read Full Obituary

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