Howard Colvin

1919 - 2007

country of citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: University College London, Trent College

occupation: art historian, architectural historian, biographer

award received: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Wolfson History Prize, Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Knight Bachelor

Sir Howard Montagu Colvin (15 October 1919 – 27 December 2007) was a British architectural historian who produced two of the most outstanding works of scholarship in his field: A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 and The History of the King's Works. Source: Wikipedia (en)