Dame Rosalind Joy Savill, DBE, FSA, FBA (born 12 May 1951) is a British art and museum curator. An alumna of the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

, Savill was first employed at the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

as a canteen cashier. Later she was named Museum Assistant at the

Wallace Collection The Wallace Collection is a museum in London occupying Hertford House in Manchester Square, the former townhouse of the Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford. It is named after Sir Richard Wallace, who built the extensive collection, along w ...

, where she was appointed as Assistant to the Director in 1978. In April 1988, Savill's ''The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain'' was published in three volumes, which took her a decade to compile.Bio at ''The Guardian'' website
/ref> In 1990 she was awarded the National Art Collection Fund prize for her scholarship. In 2000 she was appointed

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for her services to the study of ceramics. In 1992 she was named Director of the Wallace Collection. She retired from that post in 2011. In 2009 she was named Dame Commander of the

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Affiliations

* National Trust Art's Panel, Member * Art Advisory Committee, National Museums and Galleries of Wales * Royal Mint Advisory Committee * Museums and Collections Advisory Committee, English Heritage * Somerset House, trustee * Campaign for Museums * Camden School for Girls, Governor * French Porcelain Society, President

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Savill, Rosalind 1951 births Living people British art historians British women art historians British curators British non-fiction writers Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London People associated with the Wallace Collection Alumni of the University of Leeds People associated with the Victoria and Albert Museum British women curators