About John Sanders
Lived 1768 – 1826 (aged 57–58). John Sanders was an architect.
John Sanders (1768–1826) was an architect and the first pupil of Sir John Soane taken on 1 September 1784. Sanders was born on 12 April 1768, the son of Thomas Sanders, a tallow-chandler of the parish of St Dunstan-in-the-East, London. He died at Reigate, Surrey early in 1826.
Sanders' principal buildings are the Duke of York's Headquarters at Chelsea, now home to the Saatchi Gallery (1801–03) and the Royal Military College Sandhurst (1808–12).
Sanders was the first president of the Architects' and Antiquaries' Club.
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British architect (1768–1826)
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