Mervyn Macartney
British architect and architectural writer (1853 – 1932) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Mervyn E. Macartney FSA FRIBA (16 September 1853 – 28 October 1932) was a British architect and Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral between 1906 and 1931.[1][2] Macartney was a leading figure in the Arts and Craft movement, being a founder of the Art Workers' Guild and the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, and an influential voice as the editor of The Architectural Review[3] and via his publications The Practical Exemplar of Architecture and Later Renaissance Architecture in England with John Belcher.
Sir Mervyn Edmund Macartney | |
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Born | (1853-09-16)September 16, 1853 |
Died | October 28, 1932(1932-10-28) (aged 79) |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Architect |
The English House 1860–1914: Catalogue to an Exhibition of Photographs and Drawings in 1980 stated that Macartney did not deserve the comparative obscurity that he has today,[4] while Peter Davey in his 1980 book Arts and Crafts Architecture: The Search for Earthly Paradise described Macartney as the least Ruskin of the architects that came from Richard Norman Shaw's tutorage.[5]