Rachael Katherine Hannah Scott, Lady Deuchar (born 25 February 1958) is a British art historian, and Professor in the History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, since 2014. She was born in New York on 25 February 1958, the daughter of diplomat

Sir Peter Scott Sir Peter Markham Scott, (14 September 1909 – 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman. The only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, he took an interest in ...

, and Rachael Scott (née Lloyd Jones). She was educated at

Cheltenham Ladies' College Cheltenham Ladies' College is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Consistently ranked as one of the top all-girls' schools nationally, the school was established in 1853 to pr ...

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

, where she earned a BA and a PhD, and

Christ's College, Cambridge Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as ...

, where she earned an MA in 1985.

Honours

Scott was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2019.

Family

In 1982, she married

Stephen Deuchar Sir Stephen John Deuchar (born 11 March 1957) is a British arts administrator, and was director of the UK's Art Fund from 2010 to 2020. He was born 11 March 1957, son of Rev. John Deuchar and Nancy Dorothea Deuchar (née Jenkyns). He was educated ...

(later Sir Stephen John Deuchar CBE DL). The couple has one son, and three daughters.

References

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