Colin John Ford

Background

Ford, Colin John was born on May 13, 1934 in London. Son of John William and Hélène Martha Ford.

Education

Master of Arts, Oxford University, 1955. Master of Arts (honorary), Bradford University, England, 1991.

Career

Manager, producer, Kidderminster Playhouse, London, 1958-1960; general manager, Western Theatre Ballet, London, 1960-1962; deputy curator, National Film Archive, London, 1965-1972; keeper of film and photography, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1972-1981; head, National Museum Photography, Film, and television, Pictureville, Bradford., 1982-1993; director, National Museum and Galleries Wales, Cathays Park, since 1993.

Achievements

• Colin John Ford has been listed as a noteworthy Museum director by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • AN EARLY VICTORIAN ALBUM THE PHOTOGRAPHIC MASTERPIECES (1843-1847) OF DAVID OCTAVIUS HILL AND ROBERT ADAMSON

    (NY 1976 1st American (stated). Introduction and edited by...)

  • The Cameron Collection: An album of photographs presented to Sir John Herschel
  • The Hill/Adamson Albums : A Selection from the Early Victorian Photographs Acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in January 1973
  • The Cameron Collection: An album of photographs presented to Sir John Herschel by Colin Ford (1975-05-03)
  • Happy and glorious: Six reigns of royal photography

Membership

Governor Mander & Mitchenson Theatre Collection. Member Visual Arts Panel Arts Council Great Britain.

Interests

• Avocations: music, travel, boating.

Connections

Married Margaret Elizabeth Cordwell, 1961 (divorced 1980). Children: Richard, Clare. Married Susan Joan Frances Grayson, 1984.

1 child, Thomas.

Father:

John William

Mother:

Hélène Martha Ford

Spouse:

Margaret Elizabeth Cordwell

Spouse:

Susan Joan Frances Grayson

child:

Thomas Ford

child:

Clare Ford

child:

Richard Ford