Person    | Male  Born 1902  Died 1983

Sir Nikolaus Pevsner

Categories: Architecture, History

Countries: Germany

Architectural historian and author of "The Buildings of England". Born in Leipzig, Germany. Hitler's rise to power caused him to move to London in 1935. Buried in the churchyard of St. Peter's at Clyffe Pypard, Wiltshire.

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Sir Nikolaus Pevsner

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Sir Niikolaus Pevsner - blue plaque

Sir Niikolaus Pevsner, 1902 - 1983, architectural historian, lived here from ...

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Sir Nikolaus Pevsner - black plaque

He lived here for nearly 50 years from 1936 until his death in 1983.

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