Professor Edward Schroder Prior
Born 4 January 1852
Died 19 August 1932
Active: 1874 - 1932
Country of birth and death: England
Architect
After running a successful practice, he was Slade professor of fine art at Cambridge University (1912–32) and fellow of Caius College (1912–20). Prior wrote a number of books including 'A History of Gothic Art in England' (1900) in which he argued for the English origins of Gothic architecture, based on regional differences of materials and craft techniques.
Institutional and Business Connections
Lectured at Royal Society of British Sculptors
1923
Delivered a lecture on 'Medieval Sculpture as Criticism of Modern Sculpture'.
Master of Art Workers Guild
1906
Member of Art Workers Guild
1884 - 1932 (Presumed)
Citing this record
'Professor Edward Schroder Prior', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1269195798, accessed 20 Feb 2020]
