Arthur Dale Trendall


Arthur Dale Trendall, was a New Zealand-born Australian art historian and classical archaeologist whose work on identifying the work of individual artists on Greek ceramic vessels at Apulia and other sites earned him international prizes and a papal knighthood. Educated at the University of Otago and the University of Cambridge, Trendall was professionally associated with the University of Sydney and Australian National University. He was Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Master of University House at the latter institution. From 1969 until his death he was Resident Fellow at La Trobe University in Melbourne.
In World War II he was a cryptographer at FRUMEL in Melbourne.

Honours

In the New Years Honours of 1961, Trendall was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, in recognition of his service as "Vice-Chancellor" of the Australian National University.
On 20 July 1961 he was appointed Cavaliere Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana.
In the Australia Day Honours of 1976, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia.

Selected works