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George Downing Whittington
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George Downing Whittington (1780-1807) was a Church of England priest and architectural historian. In a posthumous publication of 1809, he was the first to date the origin of Gothic to Abbot Suger's work at St-Denis.[1]
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George Downing Whittington | |
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Born | 1780 |
Died | 1807 |
Occupation | Church of England Priest |
Period | 1805-09 |
Subject | The history of architecture, travel in Spain and Portugal, religion |
Notable works | A Dissertation on the External Evidences of the Truth of the Christian Religion, An Historical Survey of the Ecclesiastical Antiquities of France |
Notable awards | Hulsean prize,1804 |
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