J. Mordaunt Crook

Joseph Mordaunt Crook
CBE FBA FSA
Mordaunt Crook's study of William Burges re-established the latter's reputation
Born (1937-02-27) 27 February 1937 (age 87)
London, England
Alma materWimbledon College, University of Oxford[1]
OccupationArchitectural historian
Notable workWilliam Burges and the High Victorian Dream
Spouse(s)(m.1) Margaret Mullholland, (m.2) Susan Mayor[1]

Joseph Mordaunt Crook, CBE, FBA, FSA (born 27 February 1937),[2] generally known as J. Mordaunt Crook, is an English architectural historian and specialist on the Georgian and Victorian periods. He is an authority on the life and work of the Victorian architect William Burges, his biography published in 1981, and reissued in 2013, has been described as "one of the most substantial studies of any Victorian architect".[3]

  1. ^ a b Sleeman 2004, p. 122.
  2. ^ CROOK, Prof. Joseph Mordaunt. In Who's Who 2012. London: A & C Black, 2012. Online ed., Oxford: OUP, 2011. Online ed., November 2011 - accessed 5 January 2012
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