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Peter Smith

1926 – 2013

British architectural historian

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Lived 1926 – 2013 (aged 86). Peter Smith was a British writer and architectural historian.

Peter Smith (1926–2013) was an architectural historian. His most important work, Houses of the Welsh Countryside, has been described as having "a defining influence on the understanding, enjoyment and conservation of Welsh traditional architecture".

Life and works Smith was born on 15 June 1926 at Winlaton-on-Tyne, then part of County Durham. He was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton, before reading Modern History at Oxford. In 1949 Smith joined the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales as a researcher. In 1975, the commission published Smith's seminal work, Houses of the Welsh Countryside, a "remarkable" thematic study which received much critical praise and in 1978 won Smith the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion from the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. Smith's obituary in The Guardian linked the book with St Fagans National Museum of History, with which Smith was also involved, as having "a defining influence on the understanding, enjoyment and conservation of Welsh traditional architecture".

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
King Edward VI School, University of Oxford, Oxford University
Employers
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
Awards
Doctor of Letters

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Peter Smith's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Peter Smith?

British architectural historian (1926-2013)

When was Peter Smith born?

Peter Smith was born on 15 June 1926 in Winlaton.

When did Peter Smith die?

Peter Smith died on 12 March 2013 in Devon.

What was Peter Smith's occupation?

Peter Smith was a writer and architectural historian.

What nationality was Peter Smith?

Peter Smith was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Peter Smith

· Wikidata: Q65031275

· DBpedia: Peter Smith (architectural historian)

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