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| Date transcribed | 2011-03-01 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| | Surname | Fergusson | | | First Name(s) | James | | | Year of Birth | 1808 | | | Year of Death | 1886 | | | Entry | Son of Dr. William. Fergusson : born Jan. 22, 1808 : educated at the Edinburgh High School, and privately : went to India, at first into business at Calcutta : and in ten years at his indigo factory made sufficient to retire upon : lost some of his money afterwards : travelled largely in India to study styles of Architecture, 1835-42 : finally left India in 1845 : joined the Royal Asiatic Society, 1840, and became a Vice- President : was General Manager of the Crystal Palace Company, 1856-8 : a member in 1857 of the Royal Commission on the defences of the United Kingdom : Secretary to the First Commissioner of Public Works in 1869, and was later designated Inspector of Public Buildings and Monuments. He wrote Picturesque Illustrations of Ancient Architecture in Hindostan; The Rock-cut Temples of India ; a number of valuable papers in the Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects ; An Historical Enquiry into the True Principles of Beauty in Art, on a new system of substituting earthworks for masonry in fortification, on the topography of Jerusalem; a Handbook of Architecture; A History of the Modern Styles of Architecture: A History of Architecture in all Countries ; History of Indian and Eastern Architecture, Tree and Serpent Worship, The Parthenon, etc. etc., besides other works on Architecture and connected subjects. It was said of him that he invested the historical study of Architecture, particularly Indian Architecture, with a new interest. He received the gold medal for Architecture from the Institute of British Architects, and was often consulted on architectural questions. He was D.C.L. : F.R.S : F.G.S. : LL.D : died Jan. 9, 1886. |
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