John Britton

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John Britton

British architect

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Western architecture
From the 19th to the early 20th century
…popularizer of Gothic archaeology was John Britton, who diffused a knowledge of the medieval buildings of Great Britain with two series of books, The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain (1807–26) and The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral (Churches of England) (1814–35).
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…popularizer of Gothic archaeology was John Britton, who diffused a knowledge of the medieval buildings of Great Britain with two series of books, The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain (1807–26) and The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral (Churches of England) (1814–35).
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