Charles Kingsley Adams
6th director of the National Portrait Gallery, London
About Charles Kingsley Adams
Lived 1899 – 1971 (aged 71). Charles Kingsley Adams was an exhibition curator, known for Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
Charles Kingsley Adams, CBE, FBA (17 June 1899 – 19 January 1971) was director, Keeper and Secretary of the National Portrait Gallery from 1951 to 1964
Adams was born in Sidcup, Kent on 17 June 1899, the son of Albert and Annie Adams, his father was a watchmaker. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment during the First World War.
He was made CBE in 1954 and was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. His portrait is held by the NPG
Adams died in London on 19 January 1971.
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6th director of the National Portrait Gallery, London
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Charles Kingsley Adams died on 19 January 1971.
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