Nikolaus Pevsner
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German emigrant to the United Kingdom
Knight Bachelor
academic
architectural historian
art historian
author
Nikolaus Pevsner was a German-born British art and architectural historian best known for his influential multi-volume series "The Buildings of England" and his major contributions to the study of architectural history.
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| Nikolaus Pevsner canonical | 2 |
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| instanceOf |
German emigrant to the United Kingdom
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Knight Bachelor ⓘ academic ⓘ architectural historian ⓘ art historian ⓘ author ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects
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Knight Bachelor ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Germany
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1902-01-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1983-08-18 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Wilhelm Pinder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
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surface form:
University of Berlin
University of Leipzig ⓘ University of Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Birkbeck College, University of London
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University of Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| familyName | Pevsner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architectural history
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art history ⓘ |
| fullName | Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | architectural guidebooks ⓘ |
| givenName | Nikolaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
architectural conservation in the United Kingdom
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post-war British architectural historiography ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
British Academy
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Royal Institute of British Architects NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | modernism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
popularizing the study of architecture among a general readership
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systematic county-by-county architectural surveys of England ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An Outline of European Architecture
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Pioneers of the Modern Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ The Buildings of England NERFINISHED ⓘ The Buildings of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ The Buildings of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ The Buildings of Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ The Englishness of English Art NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sources of Modern Architecture and Design NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Leipzig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Hampstead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of History of Art at Birkbeck College
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Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Carola Kurlbaum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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