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Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945)

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Name: Sir William Rothenstein

Date of birth: 1872

Date of death: 1945

Source of information: Special Collections

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Sir William Rothenstein was born in Bradford, the son of recent immigrants from Germany. He was Principal of the Royal College of Art from 1920 to 1935, and a Trustee of the Tate Gallery from 1927 to 1933. He was knighted in 1931.