Elizabeth Esteve-Coll
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Dame Elizabeth Anne Loosemore Esteve-Coll (née Kingdon), DBE, BA, FRSA (b. 1938) is Chanchellor of the University of Lincoln (Lincolnshire) and former vice-chancellor of the University of East Anglia.
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[edit] Background
She was the first woman director of a national arts collection when she was appointed as director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1987. However she resigned the post, considered one of the most prestigious in the art world, in December 1994 after criticism for changes she had made to broaden the museum's appeal. Dr. Alan Borg succeeded her as its new director, taking the post on 1 October 1995.
[edit] Writing
She wrote Books by My Bedside (1989).
[edit] Honours
The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon was bestowed upon Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll in November 2005 in recognition of her "outstanding contribution to the promotion of Japanese culture and studies to British people".
