Harry Garner
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Harry Garner was an expert on aerodynamics who was known as British
expert and collector of oriental ceramics.
in Leicestershire in 1889 and became an expert in explosives. His other brother (F.H.Garner) was a chemistry professor. Harry was born in 1892 and he was trained in mathematics. He worked for the British government on aerodynamics leading a group at Felixstowe on marine avaiation before becoming Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Supply
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Meanwhile he became a noted expert and collector of oriental art. He started by collecting Chinese blue and white porcelain. He published on that subject in 1954, when he recognised the two vases now known as the "David Vases" as the only known fourteenth century procelain then known. Garner and his wife made donations of furniture. He was a friend of Percival David
. Both of these made substantial donations to the British Museum
. Amongst Garner's collection was the Kakiemon elephants
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expert and collector of oriental ceramics.
Biography
Garner was one of three boys and a daughter. His eldest brother "W.E.Garner" was born in HugglescoteHugglescote
Hugglescote is a village in North West Leicestershire, England. It formerly formed a civil parish with the adjacent settlement of Donington le Heath, though this was dissolved in 1936, when the area joined the urban district of Coalville...
in Leicestershire in 1889 and became an expert in explosives. His other brother (F.H.Garner) was a chemistry professor. Harry was born in 1892 and he was trained in mathematics. He worked for the British government on aerodynamics leading a group at Felixstowe on marine avaiation before becoming Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Supply
Ministry of Supply
The Ministry of Supply was a department of the UK Government formed in 1939 to co-ordinate the supply of equipment to all three British armed forces, headed by the Minister of Supply. There was, however, a separate ministry responsible for aircraft production and the Admiralty retained...
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Meanwhile he became a noted expert and collector of oriental art. He started by collecting Chinese blue and white porcelain. He published on that subject in 1954, when he recognised the two vases now known as the "David Vases" as the only known fourteenth century procelain then known. Garner and his wife made donations of furniture. He was a friend of Percival David
Percival David
Sir Percival Victor David Ezekiel David, 2nd Baronet was an important collector of Chinese porcelain.-Biography:David's background was a Jewish family in British India, but originating in Baghdad...
. Both of these made substantial donations to the British Museum
British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
. Amongst Garner's collection was the Kakiemon elephants
Kakiemon elephants
The Kakiemon elephants are a pair of 17th century Japanese porcelain figures of elephants in the British Museum. They were made by one of the Kakiemon potteries, which created the first enamelled porcelain in Japan, and exported by the early Dutch East India Company. These figures are thought to...
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