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Malcolm Thurlby, teaches art and architectural history at York University, Toronto. His research interests focus on Romanesque and Gothic architecture and sculpture in Europe and 19th and early 20th century architecture in Canada.
Thurlby was born in London in 1948; the birth registered at the Paddington District Office. [1]
Thurlby attended Watford Grammar School for Boys from 1960 to 1968. From there he went to the University of East Anglia, graduating in 1971 with a B.A. [2] For postgraduate research at East Anglia, he was awarded a PhD in 1976. His thesis, Transitional Sculpture in England (1150—1240), was supervised by Eric Fernie. [3]
In 1983 Thurlby moved to Canada to lecture at York University, Toronto where he continues to work specialising in Romanesque and Gothic architecture and sculpture. He is now Professor of Medieval Art and Architecture, Canadian Architecture in the Graduate Programme in Art History, in the Department of Visual Art and Art History. [4]
Thurlby was made a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, London in 1987. [5] He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. [6]
Thurlby used his own photographic slides in lectures and to illustrate his writings. [8] Photographs attributed to him are to be found in the Conway Library [9] at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. This collection comprises mostly architectural and sculptural images and contains glass and film negatives as well as prints. It is currently in the process of being digitised as part of the wider project 'Courtauld Connects'. [10]
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