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Charles Robert Cockerell.
English architect, archaeologist, and writer (1788–1863)
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About Charles Robert Cockerell
Charles Robert Cockerell was an English architect, archaeologist and writer. He studied architecture under Robert Smirke and embarked on an extended Grand Tour lasting seven years, mainly in Greece. After returning to London he established a successful architectural practice. Appointed Professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy of Arts, he served between 1839 and 1859. Cockerell wrote widely on archaeology and architecture, and in 1848 became the first recipient of the Royal Gold Medal.
Everything about Charles Robert Cockerell →- Occupation
- anthropologist, architect, art historian, archaeologist
- Position held
- Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- April 27, 1788
- Died
- September 17, 1863