December 28, 2006
Peter Derow and the Parthenon Marbles
In an addenda to the obituary printed in The Independent, Professor Anthony Snodgrass, chair of the BCRPM outlines some aspects of Peter’s passion for the return of the Elgin Marbles.
From:
The Independent
Obituaries
P. S. Derow
Published: 27 December 2006Professor Thomas Harrison’s obituary for P. S. Derow [21 December] captured well the genial essence of the man, writes Professor Anthony Snodgrass, yet omitted one area of his subject’s vigorous activity: Derow’s work for the movement to reunite the Parthenon Marbles in Athens.
Peter did not merely support this cause, but promoted it so forcefully that, on one occasion when a trustee of the British Museum was a guest at a dinner in Wadham College and confronted Peter, the alarmed trustee withdrew in such dismay as to make him later renege on a proffered lunch meeting with another campaigner (myself). So I never got to hear what exactly Peter had said to him, but clearly it exemplified that strength of opinion which, though usually cloaked by geniality, was equally central to his character.
- Sad news about Peter Derow : December 10, 2006
- Peter Derow obituary : December 22, 2006
- Peter Derow’s obituary in the Times : February 10, 2007
- Guardian obituary for Peter Derow : February 2, 2007
- Lecture on Elgin Marbles in Edinburgh : October 18, 2005
- Address given at Peter Derow’s funeral : December 19, 2006
- International Byron Conference 2013 at Kings College, London : March 8, 2013
- British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles appoints new chairman : January 5, 2011