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Lady Ruth Gollancz (Lowy)

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Birthplace: Hampstead, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Death: 1973 (80-81)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Ernest Daniel Lowy and Henrietta Lowy
Wife of Sir Victor Gollancz
Mother of Livia Gollancz; Diana Gollancz; Vita Gollancz; Julia Gollancz and Francesca Gollancz
Sister of Gertrude "Golda" Salaman; Albert Lowy; Ethel Lea Lowy; Lina Naomi Rubinstein; Mary Bela Lowy and 2 others

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About Lady Ruth Gollancz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Gollancz

Lady Ruth Gollancz (née Lowy; 1892–1973) was a British artist and wife of Sir Victor Gollancz.

Life and work

Ruth was the daughter of Ernest Daniel Lowy, a stockbroker. Ruth Gollancz studied art at the Slade school of art from 1909-12 under the direction of Henry Tonks. Her contemporaries at the Slade included C.R.W. Nevinson, Paul Nash, John Nash, Stanley Spencer, Mark Gertler and Gwen Raverat amongst others. At this time she was also an active suffragette.

She left the Slade school to undertake war work before going on to become one of the first female students at the Architectural Association in 1917 and a fully qualified architect.

Ruth married Victor Gollancz in 1919. They had five daughters including the artist Vita Gollancz and the musician Livia Ruth Gollancz.

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Lady Ruth Gollancz's Timeline

1892
June 1892
Hampstead, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1920
May 25, 1920
1921
December 18, 1921
London, United Kingdom
1926
1926
1973
1973
Age 80
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