About Catherine Cruft
Lived 1927 – 2015 (aged 87–88). Catherine Cruft was a curator and architectural historian.
Catherine Holway Cruft (1927–2015), known as Kitty, was a British art historian, preservationist and curator. She was an authority on the history of Scottish architecture.
Early life Catherine Holway Cruft was born on 18 March 1927 in East Somerset, London, England, to Alec Godfrey and Annie Margaret Cruft (née Holway). She graduated with an MA in 1951. as well as awarded Honorary Fellowships of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland and the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland (AHSS). in Edinburgh. She was 87.
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Catherine Cruft was born on 18 March 1927 in London.
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