Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell (1867-1962) - Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum.

There is a massive amount in print about Sydney Cockerell, mainly because he constantly wrote letters to many of most famous people working in the arts and literature in his day. He was hugely charismatic character, a very successful museum curator.

Here are links to some of the best and most recent articles and records of his life and work.

There is a very impressive exhibition about Sydney Cockerell now on at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge where he was the director for nearly 30 years, it runs until March 2009 - www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/...

John Guilgud plays the part of Sydney in the film of 'The Best of Friends' based on the letters of him, George Bernard Shaw, and Dame Laurentia McLachlan - www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Friends-...

Article in The FT - www.ft.com... - Nov 21, 2008

Article in the Times - entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/.... - October 28, 2008

Sydney Cockerell on Wikipedia - wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Sydney_Cockerell