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Cox, John Hadley print view role Collector dates 1913-2005 city Chevy Chase state MD other cities New Haven, CT; Washington DC; Ann Arbor, MI; Ch'angsha, China; Naypyidaw, Myanmar; sex M historical notes John Hadley Cox (b. 1913) was a collector of Chinese archaeological ceramic, pottery and bronze vessels, predominantly from the Ch'angsha region of Hunan Province, South Central China. Upon graduating from Yale University in 1935, he spent two years teaching at Yale University's Yale-in-China program in Changsha. In 1991, Mr. Hadley also donated 106 potsherds of Thai, Cambodian, Vietnamese and Chinese origin to the Freer Gallery Study Collection. Mr. Hadley also left numerous items of his collection to the art gallery of his alma mater. decades of activity 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 2000-2010 updated 11/24/2025 10:11:51 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian Institution John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study collection, circa 1936-1939 see details... Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives Freer|Sackler, Smithsonian Institution Paul Singer Papers, circa 1890-1996 see details... «  back