Jonathan Conlin
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Jonathan Conlin

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I was born in New York and later moved to Britain, where I studied history at Oxford, the Courtauld Institute of Art and Cambridge University. My most recent book was the biography of the Anglo-Armenian oil baron, art collector and philanthropist Calouste Gulbenkian, known as "Mr Five Per Cent" on account of his personal holding of 5% of Middle East oil production. My next book, a history of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, will be published in October 2024 by Columbia University Press. This is a groundbreaking, bottom-up history, exploring the Met's triumphs and its failings. I tell the stories of the people who have shaped the museum—from curators and artists to museumgoers and security guards—and the communities that have made the Met their own. In November 2024 the National Gallery (London) will publish "The National Gallery: A History", part of the Gallery's bicentenary celebrations. I am currently working on a biography of the eighteenth-century trans diplomat, soldier and spy the Chevalier(e) d'Eon.
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    • The Many Lives of Calouste Gulbenkian, the World's Richest Man
    • By: Jonathan Conlin
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    • Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 06-11-19
    • Language: English
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