The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Colvin, Sidney

COLVIN, Sir Sidney, English critic: b. Norwood, England, 18 June 1845. He was Slade professor of fine arts at Cambridge 1873-85 and keeper of prints and drawings at the British Museum 1884-1912. His writings include ‘Children in Italian and English Design’ (1872); ‘Life of Walter Savage Landor’ (1881); ‘Life of Keats’ (1887); ‘A Florentine Picture-Chronicle’ (1898); ‘Early History of Engraving in England’ (1905). He edited the Edinburgh edition of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson (1894-97), and also his letters. He was knighted in 1911.