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Dorothy Nancy Stroud MBE (11 January 1910 – 27 December 1997) was an English museum curator and biographer.[1][2]

Dorothy Nancy Stroud MBE
Born	(1910-01-11)January 11, 1910 London, United Kingdom
Died	December 27, 1997(1997-12-27) (aged 87) London, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Known for	Art History, Arts administration

After Stroud died in 1997 her ashes went to Croome Park. A plaque by the statue of Capability Brown records her role in renewing interest in his life and works.

Selected publications

• Capability Brown. Country Life, 1950. (2nd, Country Life, 1957) (3rd, Faber & Faber, London, 1975)
• The architecture of Sir John Soane. Studio Books, 1961.
• Humphry Repton. Country Life, 1962.
• Henry Holland, his life and architecture. Country Life, 1966. ISBN 9781199539489
• George Dance, architect, 1741–1825. Faber & Faber, London, 1971.

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