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Carl Tancred Borenius (14 July 1885, Vyborg – 2 September 1948, Coombe Bisset) was a Finnish art historian working in England, who became the first professor of the history of art at University College London. He was a prolific author, and recognised as one of the world's leading experts on Italian art of the early Renaissance. Borenius also served as a diplomat liaising between Finland and Britain. It has been argued that during World War II he worked as a spy for the British MI6, and was instrumental in enticing Rudolf Hess to fly to Britain in 1941.

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dbo:abstract Carl Tancred Borenius (14 July 1885, Vyborg – 2 September 1948, Coombe Bisset) was a Finnish art historian working in England, who became the first professor of the history of art at University College London. He was a prolific author, and recognised as one of the world's leading experts on Italian art of the early Renaissance. Borenius also served as a diplomat liaising between Finland and Britain. It has been argued that during World War II he worked as a spy for the British MI6, and was instrumental in enticing Rudolf Hess to fly to Britain in 1941. (en) Carl Tancred Borenius, född 14 juli 1885 i Viborg, Storfurstendömet Finland, död 2 september 1948 i , England, var en finländsk konsthistoriker. Borenius blev professor vid University College i London 1922, och författade sin doktorsavhandling om Vicenz-skolan (1909) arbeten om det äldre italienska och även det äldre engelska måleriet, katalogverk samt även uppsatser i "Burlington magazine". Borenius utgav i ny upplaga band 1–6 (1912–14) av Joseph Archer Crowe och Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselles A history of painting in Italiy, och skrev tillsammans med E.W. Tristam English mediæval painting (1927). (sv)
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