Robert Curzon

The Hon. Robert Curzon: born the 14th Baron Zouche of Harringworth, Robert Curzon is perhaps best known for his Visits to Monastaries in the Levant, published in 1849. A student of the history of handwriting and an exhaustive collector of manuscripts (many of which are now in the British Museum), he was appointed attache to the British embassy at Constantinople in 1841, and joint commissioner (with Lt. Col. Williams) at Erzerum in 1843. Rudolf Abraham graduated in History of Art, and has also...See more

The Hon. Robert Curzon: born the 14th Baron Zouche of Harringworth, Robert Curzon is perhaps best known for his Visits to Monastaries in the Levant, published in 1849. A student of the history of handwriting and an exhaustive collector of manuscripts (many of which are now in the British Museum), he was appointed attache to the British embassy at Constantinople in 1841, and joint commissioner (with Lt. Col. Williams) at Erzerum in 1843. Rudolf Abraham graduated in History of Art, and has also studied photography and languages. Over the past six years he has travelled extensively and repeatedly in Eastern Turkey, the Caucasus, Iran, and the Central Asian republics. See less