LUCIE-SMITH, (John) Edward McKenzie (1933-2026)

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The art critic, writer and poet Edward Lucie-Smith has died aged 93.  No date given but no doubt there will be obituaries in the papers soon -  Edward Lucie-Smith Art Critic And Poet Dies Aged 93 - Artlyst

Edward Lucie-Smith, the Jamaican-born British art critic, poet and author whose output across more than six decades shaped how several generations understood modern and contemporary Art, has died aged 93. Born John Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith in Kingston, Jamaica, on 27 February 1933, he published more than a hundred books. He remained a working critic until the last few years, as opinionated and as readable as he had ever been.

He came to Britain in 1946, was educated at the King’s School Canterbury, and read History at Merton College Oxford, graduating in 1954. After two years as an education officer in the Royal Air Force and a decade writing advertising copy in London, he committed to freelance writing in 1966 and never looked back [....]

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He was the son of John Dudley LUCIE-SMITH OBE (Assistant Colonial Secretary, Jamaica) (d 1943) and (m 1923) Mary Frances (1897-1982) only da of Sidney George LUSHINGTON (1859-1909) scion of the Lushington Baronets being descended from the 2nd son of the 1st Bt.  He was unm.