Obituary: Ittai Gradel, Antiquities Dealer Who Exposed British Museum Thefts

Ittai Gradel obituary

Dealer in antiquities who discovered large-scale thefts from the collections of the British Museum With a doctorate in Roman religion and a university chair, Ittai Gradel, who has died of cancer aged 61, might have confined his achievements to a successful scholarly career. However, in 2008, bored with routine bureaucracy, he left his post at Reading University, and returned to his native Denmark to deal in antiquities. His disillusionment with academia was reinforced when, a few years later,...

By Mike Pitts