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in 1960, where he was briefly Professor of Renaissance Art until returning to Cambridge University in 1961, when he was appointed Lecturer in Fine Arts. In 1968 he was appointed Reader in History of Western Art, and he became Head of Department of History of Art in 1970, a position he held until 1973
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He became a Fellow of King's College in 1952, holding the position until his death; was appointed as Cambridge University's only Assistant Lecturer in Fine Arts in 1956; and began undergraduate teaching in the subject. He held the post for four years until going to
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Jaffé married Patricia Milne-Henderson in 1964, and they had two sons and two daughters. Jaffé owned the country house
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in 1945, studying History before changing to English, in which subject he got a First. He became President of the
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This article is about the British art historian. For the American TV and film producer, see
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in 1989. He died on 13 July 1997. A bronze portrait bust of Jaffé by
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and his appointment to the Directorship of the Fitzwilliam Museum.
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while a student. After Cambridge, he studied art history at the
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Michael Jaffe
Yeovil, Somerset
British
Academic
curator
art historian
Alma mater
King's College, Cambridge
Courtauld Institute of Art
Harvard University
King's College, Cambridge
Washington University
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Rubens
Old Master paintings
CBE
art historian
curator
Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge
England
London
Eton College
World War II
RNVR
King's College, Cambridge
Marlowe Society
Granta
Courtauld Institute
Harvard

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