Pinder-Wilson, Ralph Hutchinson, brother of William George Pinder-Wilson (qv); b. 17 Jan. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (A); left July 1937; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1937, BA MA 1947; 2nd Lieut. Roy. Welsh Fusiliers 1940, transf. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders July 1941 (Capt.); Asst Keeeer Dept. of Oriental Antiquities Brit. Museum 1949, Dep. Keeper 1969-76; FSA 1958; visiting Fellow All Souls 1968; Dir. Brit. Inst. of Afghan Studies Kabul 1976-82; arrested in Afghanistan Apr. 1982 charged with illegal handling of archaeological finds; sentenced first to death, then to ten years' imprisonment; released as innocent 14 July 1982; visiting Fellow Churchill Coll. Camb. 1982-3; Regent Prof. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1984; author of Persian Painting of the Fifteenth Century 1958, Studies in Islamic Art 1985; d. 6 Oct. 2008.
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