William George Archer

William George Archer, OBE (1907–1979) was a British civil servant and art historian, and later museum curator.

Career

Archer was born on 1 February 1907, and studied first history at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and then Hindi, Indian history and law at the School of Oriental Studies in London. He subsequently served in the Indian Civil Service, in Bihar, from 1931 until around 1947, when India gained independence. and afterwards Keeper Emeritus. He was a champion of the Indian artist Avinash Chandra. and was awarded honorary doctorates by Panjab University in 1968 and Guru Nanak Dev University in 1976.

Works

Books

Papers

Archer, Mildred & W.G. Archer (1955) Natural history paintings. In Indian painting for the British 1770–1880, pp. 91–98. Oxford, Oxford University Press.