Cox, John Hadley
type Collector
dates 1913-2005
city Chevy Chase
stateMD
other citiesNew Haven, CT; Washington DC; Ann Arbor, MI; Ch'angsha, China; Naypyidaw, Myanmar;
sex M
history 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.
decades1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
1990-2000
2000-2010
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Repository Description Links
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...