Helen Collins

After 22 years as a dental surgeon, Helen Collins forsook the medical profession to pursue her lifelong interest in the history of art. She embarked on a four year course at Birkbeck College, London, where she won prizes and attained a diploma with distinction. She went on to the Courtauld Institute where she achieved a Master’s degree in English Architectural History. This led to the doctorate conferred on her in 2001, and upon which this book is based. Helen Collins is married, has two children, and lives in London.