George Thomas Robinson

George Thomas Robinson FSA (c.1827 - 6 May 1897) was an English architect who started in Wolverhampton, moved to Manchester, Leamington Spa and later to London.[1]

Life

He was a pupil of John R. Hamilton and James Medland. He started his own practice in 1848 and worked in partnership with Henry John Paull as the firm of Paull and Robinson. He was appointed architect of the Coventry Archidiaconal Church Extension Society.

He was also a journalist and art critic for the Manchester Guardian. He was in Metz during the siege of the city in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, and attempted to send messages to his editor by attaching them to balloons.[2]

He died on 6 May 1897 at his home, 20 Earls Terrace, Kensington.[3]

Works

Old Town Hall, Burslem, 1852 - 1857

References

  1. Dictionary of British Architects 1834 - 1914. Vol 2. Royal Institute of British Architects. ISBN 082645514X p.488
  2. "Papillon de Metz: Resource of the month from the GNM Archive, September 2012". The Guardian. London. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  3. "Deaths". London Daily News. London. 11 May 1897. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  4. The Buildings of England. Staffordshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books. ISBN 0140710469 p.134
  5. "Monument in memory of the late Cleophas Ratliff". Coventry Times. Coventry. 27 October 1858. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  6. The Buildings of England. Warwickshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books. ISBN 0140710310 p. 287
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