Richard Humphreys (born 1953) was the Curator of Programme Research at

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and Deputy Chairman of the London Consortium, of which he was a founding member. He is the author of a number of books, including ''Wyndham Lewis'' (London: Tate Publishing, 2004), and is editor of the Tate’s ''British Artists'' series. He worked at the Tate Britain from 1981 to 2008 as a curator, and acted as Head of Education and Interpretation from 1991 to 2001. In 1985, Humphreys was the lead curator of the Ezra Pound centenary exhibition ''Pound's Artists: Ezra Pound and the Visual Arts in London, Paris and Italy'' shown at

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and the

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, and edited the accompanying volume of essays. He studied English at Sidney Sussex College (1972–5) and later authored a history of the College, ''Sidney Sussex College: A History'' (2009). He also studied Art History at the Courtauld Institute (1975–8).

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