Adrian Woodhouse (born 27 July 1951) is a British writer, journalist and collector.
Born in Calcutta, India he moved with his family back to their native country in the mid-1960s.
After reading history at King's College, Cambridge, he started work as a financial journalist before moving into gossip which better suited his talent since childhood for "collecting" famous people.
Through his more conventional collecting he curated from 1978 pioneering exhibitions of his favourite subjects - ceramics designer Susie Cooper, graphic artist Beresford Egan and surrealist photographer Angus McBean[1] - and published full-length biographies of all three.
He was initiator of the Capability Brown birthplace museum at Kirkharle, Northumberland in 2000 and is acknowledged[2] champion of the reputation of the 17th century architect and designer John Smythson.