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Joseph Mordaunt Crook
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 mater
Wimbledon College ,
University of Oxford Occupation Architectural historian Notable work William Burges and the High Victorian Dream Spouse(s) (m.1) Margaret Mullholland, (m.2) Susan Mayor
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]
Positions and memberships held
The History of the King's Works volumes V-VI (1972-6)
HMSO
[ 7]
The British Museum: a Case-study in Architectural Politics (1972), Pelican
[ 3]
The Greek Revival: Neo-Classical Attitudes in British Architecture 1760-1870 (1972/revised 1995)
John Murray
[ 3]
The Reform Club (1973) article for and published by the
Reform Club
Strawberry Hill Revisited Reprints from Country Life of 7/14/21 June 1973
William Burges and the High Victorian Dream (1981) John Murray; revised (2013)
Frances Lincoln
The Strange Genius of William Burges (1981)
National Museum of Wales
Axel Haig and the Victorian Vision of the Middle Ages (with C.A. Lennox-Boyd) (1984)
George Allen & Unwin
[ 9]
John Carter and the Mind of the Gothic Revival (1985)
Society of Antiquaries of London , Occasional Papers
The Dilemma of Style: Architectural Ideas from the Picturesque to the Post-Modern (1989) John Murray
The Rise of the Nouveaux Riches: Style and Status in Victorian and Edwardian Architecture (1999) John Murray
[ 10]
London's Arcadia:
John Nash and the Planning of
Regent's Park (date of publication and publisher unknown)
The Architect's Secret: Victorian Critics and the Image of Gravity (2003) John Murray
Brasenose : The Biography of an Oxford College (Oxford:
Oxford University Press , 2008)
[ 11]
Brooks's 1764-2014: The Story of a Whig Club (Edited with Charles Sebag-Montefiore) London: Paul Holberton, 2013
[ 12]
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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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"Joseph Mordaunt Crook" . Oxford Reference . Retrieved 6 December 2018 .
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"E-Bulletin: University of Leicester" . www.le.ac.uk . Retrieved 26 March 2019 .
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"Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion" . SAHGB . Archived from
the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019 .
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"Professor Joseph Mordaunt Crook" . The British Academy . Retrieved 6 December 2018 .
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"Search - Library - The history of the King's works / general editor, H.M. Colvin. Vol.5, 1660-1782 / H.M. Colvin, J. Mordaunt Crook, Kerry Downes, John Newman. - Shakespeare Birthplace Trust" . collections.shakespeare.org.uk . Retrieved 26 March 2019 .
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"Crook, J. Mordaunt (Joseph Mordaunt) 1937-" . Worldcat.
Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019 .
^ Brendon, Piers (26 May 1999).
"Wednesday Book: A good deal of taste, all of it bad" . The Independent .
Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019 .
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"A concise history of Brasenose" . Brasenose College, Oxford . Retrieved 26 March 2019 .
^ Saumarez Smith, Charles (25 January 2014).
"Where the Whigs went" . The Spectator . Archived from
the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019 .
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