Life Stories from St John’s: the famous & the forgotten

Credits & References

Credits

The exhibition was curated by Dr Petra Hofmann (College Librarian) with the assistance of Nikki Tomkins, ACR (Oxford Conservation Consortium ) and support from Professor Hannah Skoda (Keeper of the Silver and Vestments) and Mr Michael Riordan (College Archivist).

The exhibition booklet and online exhibition was written by Dr Petra Hofmann, except for the section on ‘St John’s and the Colonial Past’, which has been taken from the College website, with the kind permission of the author Dr Mishka Sinha, who also advised on the selection presented.

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