Eric Campbell Fernie (born 9 June 1939, Edinburgh) is a Scottish

art historian Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the ...

Education

Fernie was educated at the

University of the Witwatersrand The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (), commonly known as Wits University or Wits, is a multi-campus Public university, public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg, South Africa. The universit ...

(BA Hons Fine Arts) and the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a collegiate university, federal Public university, public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The ...

(Academic Diploma).‘FERNIE, Prof. Eric Campbell’, ''Who's Who 2011'', A & C Black, 2011; online edition, Oxford University Press, Dec 2010. Accessed 5 Nov 2011.

Career

Fernie has had a long career in the academic and art worlds, occupying a number of important posts. He was Director of the

Courtauld Institute The Courtauld Institute of Art (), commonly referred to as The Courtauld, is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art and conservation. The art collection is known particularly for ...

from 1995 to 2003 and was President of the

Society of Antiquaries of London The Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL) is a learned society of historians and archaeologists in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1707, received its royal charter in 1751 and is a Charitable organization, registered charity. It is based ...

from 2004 to 2007.

Publications

*''An Introduction to the Communar and Pitcaner Rolls of Norwich Cathedral Priory'', 1973. (With A.B. Whittingham) *''The Architecture of the Anglo-Saxons'', 1983. *''Medieval Architecture and its Intellectual Context'', 1990. *''An Architectural History of Norwich Cathedral'', 1993. *''Art History and its Methods'', 1995. *''The Architecture of Norman England'', 2000.

References

External links

Tributes to Fernie on leaving the Courtauld.Archived here.
1939 births Living people University of the Witwatersrand alumni Academics of the University of London Alumni of the University of London Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Presidents of the Society of Antiquaries of London Scottish antiquarians Scottish architecture writers Scottish art historians Historians of England Academics of the University of East Anglia Academics of the University of Edinburgh Directors of the Courtauld Institute of Art {{UK-historian-stub