Obituary: Christopher P. Monkhouse
BRUNSWICK - Christopher P. Monkhouse, 73, the former chair of the European decorative arts department at the Art Institute of Chicago, .
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BRUNSWICK – Christopher P. Monkhouse, 73, the former chair of the European decorative arts department at the Art Institute of Chicago, died peacefully on Jan. 12, 2021 at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, Scarborough. The cause of death was a stroke.
Born in Portland on April 2, 1947, Christopher was the son of William A. Monkhouse, M.D., and Agnes Pruyn Linder Monkhouse. He attended Waynflete School, graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1965, and in 1966 studied English country houses at Attingham Summer School, Shropshire, England.
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