High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Dr Ursula Hoff, PhD, AO, OBE, (26 December 1909, London, UK – 10 January 2005, Melbourne, Australia) – Australian scholar, academic, curator, writer, critic, and lecturer; Deputy Director of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (1968–1973); London Adviser of the Felton Bequest (1975–83); author of numerous books, catalogues, articles, reviews, and scholarly publications on art.