Christopher Gandy

Christopher Thomas Gandy (1917-2009) was a British soldier, diplomat and collector of Islamic art.

For the cricketer Christopher Henry Gandy, see Christopher Gandy (cricketer).

Life

Christopher Gandy was the son of the writer Ida Gandy and Thomas Hall Gandy (1876–1948), a GP. He was a direct descendant of the architect Joseph Gandy and Selina Byam, painted by Thomas Gainesborough. His younger siblings were the mathematician Robin Gandy and Gillian Gandy, a pioneer of neonatal intensive care.[1]

Gandy was a diplomat active in Yemen, Libya, and Iran from the 1940s until the 1970s.[2]

He died on 9 December 2009, aged 92.[3] He bequeathed his collection of Islamic art to the Ashmolean Museum. Highlights were exhibited at the Ashmolean in 2014.[2]

Writings
  • "The Yemen Revisited". Asian Affairs. 58. October 1971. doi:10.1080/03068377108729585.
  • "Clio with One Eye: a New Book on the Armenians in Ottoman Turkey". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: 370–7. 1988.
  • "A Mission to Yemen: August 1962-January 1963". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 25 (2): 247-74. November 1998. JSTOR 195734.

References
  1. "Obituary: Gillian Gandy". BMJ. 2 June 2016. doi:10.1136/bmj.i3106.
  2. "Lure of the East: Selections from the Christopher Gandy Collection". Ashmolean Museum. 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  3. "Deaths". The Times. No. 69819. 15 December 2009. p. 56.
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