Background
Read, Herbert was born on December 4, 1893 in Kirbymoorside, Yorkshire, England. Son of Herbert and Eliza (Strickland) Read.
Read, Herbert was born on December 4, 1893 in Kirbymoorside, Yorkshire, England. Son of Herbert and Eliza (Strickland) Read.
Student Crossley’s School, Halifax, U. Leeds, 1912-1914. Fellow U. London, 1940-1942. Honorary degrees universities Leeds, York, Buffalo, Boston.
1 son, John; married second, Margaret Ludwig, 1935. Children—Thomas, Sophia, Piers Paul, Benedict. Assistant principal H. M. Treasury, 1919-1922.
Assistant keeper Victoria and Albert Museum, 1922-1931.
Watson Gordon professor fine arts, U. Edinburgh, 1931-1933. Editor Burlington Magazine, 1933-1939.
Director George Routledge & Sons, publishers, 1939-1964.
Served as captain Yorkshire Regiment, British Army, 1915-1918. Fellow Society of Industrial Artists. Member American Academy Arts and Letters (honorary), National Institute Arts and Letters (honorary), Society Education in Art (president).
Married Evelyn Roff, 1919. Married second, Margaret Ludwig, 1935. Children: Thomas, Sophia, Piers Paul, Benedict.