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- Birth nameRoy Colin Strong
- Roy Strong was born on August 23, 1935 in London, England, UK. He is a writer, known for Spirit of the Age (1975), The Genius of British Art (2010) and The Levin Interviews (1980). He was previously married to Julia Trevelyan Oman.
- SpouseJulia Trevelyan Oman(September 1971 - October 10, 2003) (her death)
- British writer and historian.
- He was awarded a Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 1982 Queen's Honours List for his services to culture.
- (1974-1987) Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
- He was awarded the CH (Companion of Honour) in the 2016 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to culture in Herefordshire, England.
- [speaking in 2011] Culture is like a mountain. The view from the bottom is good but if you begin to climb it gets better. These days, people just want to level the mountain.
- Father never read a book. Indeed, there were no books in the house apart from some kind of medical dictionary, which only convinced him that he had everything in it, and a multi-volume series on how to be successful in life, which he patently had not been.
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