| Code | DS/UK/2298 |
| Dates | 1887–1961 |
| Person Name | Bodkin; Thomas (1887–1961); D. litt. (Hon.) |
| Surname | Bodkin |
| Forenames | Thomas |
| Title | D. litt. (Hon.) |
| Activity | Irish Catholic art historian. |
| Relationships | Son of Matthias McDonnell Bodkin (journalist and lawyer) and Arabella Bodkin (née Norman); husband (m. 1917) of Aileen Cox |
| History | educated at Belvedere College, Clongowes Wood College, and UCD (BCL 1908); called to the bar (1911); practised until 1916; appointed secretary to the commissioners of charitable donations and bequests in Ireland (1916–25); Board Member of National Gallery of Ireland (1917-1935); elected an MRIA (1924); served on government commission on coinage (1926); received Litt. (Hon.) from NUI (1927); was member of Department of Education inquiry into the national museum (1927); Honorary Professor of Fine Arts at Trinity College Dublin (1930); member of Comité des Musées Royaux de la Belgique (1930); made Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by the French government (1933); became Professor of Fine Art at Barber Institute, Birmingham (1935, until 1952); received D.Litt. (Hon.) (1936); promoted to Officer de la Légion d'Honneur (1952); appointed a papal knight of St Gregory (1952); appeared regularly on BBC radio's ‘The brains trust’ and on television; received LLD (Hon.) (1961). He was also FRSA (1936), hon. RHA (1949), hon. AIBA (1950), and hon. ARIAI (1960). |
| Source | Kennedy, Roisin, 'Bodkin, Thomas'. Dictionary of Irish Biography (website), https://www.dib.ie/biography/bodkin-thomas-a0756 [DoA 08/08/2025] |
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