James Stevens Curl

James Stevens Curl (born 1937), PhD (Lond), DiplArch (Oxon), DipTP (Oxon), FSA, FSAScot, AABC, MRIAI, RIBA, FRIAS, MRTPI., is a noted architectural historian, architect, and author.^[1]

He is Professor Emeritus at the Leicester School of Architecture, De Montfort University, and Honorary Research Fellow at The Queen's University of Belfast, and was previously a Visiting Fellow at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge (1991–1992, 2002). He received his doctorate from University College London.^[1]

Memberships

He is a member of the Art Workers' Guild, Oxford & Cambridge Club, fellow of The Society of Antiquaries of London, The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects of the City of London, president of the Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery, joint patron of The Mausolea & Monuments Trust and former chairman of the Oxford Civic Society.^[1]

Published books

• Victorian Architecture: Diversity & Invention (2007)
• The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (2006)
• The Egyptian Revival: Ancient Egypt as the Inspiration for Design Motifs in the West (1982, 1994, 2005)
• The Victorian Celebration of Death (2000, 2004)
• Georgian Architecture (2003)
• The Art and Architecture of Freemasonry: An Introductory Study (1991 & 2002)
• Kensal Green Cemetery (2001)
• The Honourable The Irish Society and The Plantation of Ulster, 1608-2000: The City of London and the Colonisation of County Londonderry in the Province of Ulster in Ireland. A History and Critique (2000)
• The Londonderry Plantation 1609-1914. The History, Architecture, and Planning of the Estates of the City of London and its Livery Companies in Ulster (1986)
• The Life and Work of Henry Roberts (1803–76), Architect (1983),
• A Celebration of Death (1980, 1993)
• The Erosion of Oxford (1977)

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