John Francis Bentley
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John Francis Bentley (b. 1839 in Doncaster - d. 2 March 1902 in Clapham) was an English ecclesiastical architect whose most famous work is the Byzantine architecture of Westminster Cathedral in London, England. Other examples of his work include the convent of the Sacred Heart at Hammersmith, and the Church of the Holy Rod, Watford. He was a master of the neo-Gothic and Byzantine styles.
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- This article incorporates text from The Modern World Encyclopædia: Illustrated (1935); out of UK copyright as of 2005.
- John Francis Bentley - Catholic Encyclopedia article
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