The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Colvin, Sidney

COLVIN, 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 &lsquo;Children in Italian and English Design&rsquo; (1872); &lsquo;Life of Walter Savage Landor&rsquo; (1881); &lsquo;Life of Keats&rsquo; (1887); &lsquo;A Florentine Picture-Chronicle&rsquo; (1898); &lsquo;Early History of Engraving in England&rsquo; (1905). He edited the Edinburgh edition of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson (1894-97), and also his letters. He was knighted in 1911.