Elfrida Saunders

British academic (1885–?) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Octavia Elfrida Saunders (born 18 October 1885) was a British academic and one of the first women to achieve a lectureship at the University of St Andrews where she lectured in German.[1] Saunders published under the name O. Elfrida Saunders.

Biography

Saunders was born in London to Herbert Clifford Saunders and Octavia Saunders (née Grimston). Her father was a barrister and was appointed to the Queen's Counsel in 1881. She was the youngest of 9 children. Her siblings included Una "Mary", Maude, Herbert "Stewart", Rose, Grace, Violet, Florence "Muriel", and Cicell Saunders.[2]

Saunders lectured at the University of St Andrews in 1914 and 1915. In recognition of her fundamental study of English Manuscript Illumination and her donation of £4,000 to the university's Department of Art History to further the teaching and studying of art history the department hosts an eponymous lecture series in her honour.[1][3]

Between 1930 and 1933, Saunders was a member of The Walpole Society, whose purpose is to study the history of British Art.[4][5][6]

Publications

Books

  • Saunders, O. E. (1928). English illumination. Firenze: Pantheon.[7]
  • Saunders, O. E. (1969). A history of English art in the middle ages. New York: Books for Libraries Press.[8]
  • Saunders, O. E. (1969). English illumination: 2. New York: Hacker Art Books.[9]

Reviews

Her publications have been reviewed in The American Magazine of Art[10], The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs[11], Parnassus[12], and The Antiquaries Journal[13] among others.

Mentions

Saunder's publication English Illumination has been discussed in the body of several journal articles over the years including but not limited to:

  • Nordström, Folke. "Peterborough, Lincoln, and the Science of Robert Grosseteste: A Study in Thirteenth Century Architecture and Iconography." The Art Bulletin 37, no. 4 (1955): 241–72.
  • Breitenbach, Edgar. "The Tree of Bigamy and the Veronica Image of St. Peter's." Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 9 (1978): 31–38.
  • Sandler, Lucy Freeman. "Illuminated in the British Isles: French Influence And/or the Englishness of English Art, 1285-1345." Gesta 45, no. 2 (2006): 177–88.
  • Tiner, Elza C. "Performance Spaces in Thomas Chaundler's Liber Apologeticus." Early Theatre 18, no. 1 (2015): 33–49.

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