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James Stevens Curl

November 29, 2023

James Stevens Curl (born 26 March 1937)[1] MRIA FSA FSA Scot FRIAS is an architectural historian, architect, and author with an extensive range of publications to his name.

Early life and education edit

The son of George Stevens Curl (1903–1974), who worked as an inspector of agents for the Eagle Star Insurance Company,[2][3] and Sarah (née McKinney), Curl was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was educated at Campbell College, Belfast, at Queen's University Belfast, and at Belfast College of Art before studying at the Oxford School of Architecture (now part of Oxford Brookes University) where he qualified in Architecture (1963) and – having studied under Arthur Korn – in Town Planning (1967). He read for his doctorate at University College London, which he received in 1981.[1][4][5]

Career edit

Curl is Professor at the School of Architecture and Design, Ulster University,[6] Professor Emeritus at De Montfort University, Leicester, and has been a Visiting Fellow at Peterhouse, Cambridge (1991–92, 2002). An honorary Doctor of Arts degree was conferred on him by De Montfort University in 2014 in recognition of his "distinctive contribution to the study of Architectural History" and of his "outstanding contributions to the intellectual and cultural life of the nation and the region".[6]

Honours edit

Curl is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, a Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, a member of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects of the City of London.

In September 2017, he was awarded the President's Medal of the British Academy "for his contribution to the study of the History of Architecture in Britain and Ireland".[7]

Memberships edit

Curl was the first Chairman of Oxford Civic Society,[8] which was founded in 1969. He is Joint Patron of the Mausolea and Monuments Trust, President of the Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery, a Vice-President of the Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery, a member of the Art Workers' Guild, and a member of the Oxford & Cambridge Club.

Personal life edit

In 1960, Curl married psychiatrist Eileen Elizabeth Blackstock; they had two daughters. His second marriage, in 1993, was to Professor (Stanisława) Dorota Iwaniec.[1][9]

Selected works edit

  • The Erosion of Oxford. Oxford: Oxford Illustrated Press. 1977. ISBN 0-902280-40-6.
  • English Architecture: an Illustrated Glossary (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1987). New revised edition of the book originally published in 1977. ISBN 0-7153-8887-8
  • The Londonderry Plantation 1609–1914. The History, Architecture, and Planning of the Estates of the City of London in Ulster (Chichester: Phillimore, 1986). ISBN 0-85033-577-9
  • English Architecture: an Illustrated Glossary (Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, Winnipeg, Edmonton. & Vancouver: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1987). ISBN 0-88902-943-1
  • Victorian Architecture (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1990). ISBN 0-7153-9144-5
  • Simon Stringer, Sculptor Catalogue of Exhibition at the Goldmark Gallery, Uppingham (Uppingham: Goldmark Gallery, 1990). ISBN 1-870507-09-6
  • The Art and Architecture of Freemasonry. An Introductory Study (London: B T Batsford, 1991). Winner of the RIBA Sir Banister Fletcher Award for Best Book of the Year on Architecture, 1992. ISBN 0-7134-5827-5
  • The Art and Architecture of Freemasonry. An Introductory Study (Woodstock & New York: Overlook Press, 1993). ISBN 0-87951-494-9
  • Classical Architecture. An Introduction to Its Vocabulary and Essentials, with a Select Glossary of Terms (London: B T Batsford, 1992). ISBN 0-7134-6772-X
  • Victorian Architecture (Newton Abbot: David & Charles Publishers plc, 1992) Paperback edition of the 1990 hardback. ISBN 0-7153-9144-5
  • Classical Architecture. An Introduction to its Vocabulary and Essentials, with a Select Glossary of Terms (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992). ISBN 0-442-30896-5
  • Encyclopaedia of Architectural Terms (Wimbledon, London: Donhead Publishing, 1993). ISBN 1-873394-04-7
  • Georgian Architecture (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1993). ISBN 0-7153-9851-2
  • A Celebration of Death. An Introduction to Some of the Buildings, Monuments, and Settings of Funerary Architecture in the Western European Tradition (London: B T Batsford, 1993). ISBN 0-7134-7336-3
  • Egyptomania. The Egyptian Revival as a Recurring Theme in the History of Taste (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1994). ISBN 0-7190-4126-0 (hbk.) and 0‑7190-4127-9 (pbk.)
  • The English Heritage Book of Victorian Churches (London: B T Batsford & English Heritage, 1995). ISBN 0-7134-7491-2 and 0-17134-7490-4
  • Georgian Architecture (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1996). ISBN 0-7153-9851-2. Paperback edition
  • Encyclopaedia of Architectural Terms (Shaftesbury: Donhead Publishing, 1997). ISBN 1-873394-25-X
  • Oxford Dictionary of Architecture (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999). ISBN 0-19-210006-8
  • Oxford Dictionary of Architecture in the Oxford Paperback Reference Series (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000) ISBN 0-19-280017-5
  • 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 (Chichester: Phillimore, 2000). ISBN 1-86077-136-X
  • The Victorian Celebration of Death (Thrupp, Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2000). ISBN 0-7509-2318-0
  • Classical Architecture. An Introduction to its Vocabulary and Essentials, with a Select Glossary of Terms (London: B T Batsford, 2001). ISBN 0-7134-86848
  • Classical Architecture. An Introduction to its Vocabulary and Essentials, with a Select Glossary of Terms (New York & London: W W Norton, 2001). ISBN 0-393-73119-7
  • The Art and Architecture of Freemasonry. An Introductory Study (London: B T Batsford, 2002). ISBN 0-7134-8745-3
  • The Art and Architecture of Freemasonry. An Introductory Study (Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 2002). ISBN 1-58567-160-6
  • Piety Proclaimed. An Introduction to Places of Worship in Victorian England (London: Historical Publications, 2002). ISBN 0-948667-77-X
  • Death and Architecture. An Introduction to Funerary and Commemorative Buildings in the Western European Tradition, with Some Consideration of their Settings (Thrupp, Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2002). ISBN 0-7509-2877-8
  • Georgian Architecture (Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 2002). ISBN 0-7153-0227-2
  • The Victorian Celebration of Death (Thrupp, Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2004). ISBN 978-0-7509-3873-0
  • The Egyptian Revival: Ancient Egypt as the Inspiration for Design Motifs in the West (Abingdon & New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2005). ISBN 978-0-415-36119-4 and 9-78-0-415-36118-7
  • A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006). ISBN 0-19-860678-8 and 0-19-2806300
  • Victorian Architecture: Diversity & Invention (Reading: Spire Books, 2007). ISBN 978-1-904965-06-0
  • John Claudius Loudon (1783–1843) and the Cemetery Movement (Southampton: Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery, 2008)
  • Two Outstanding Monuments in the General Cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green: The French Connection and Other Matters. Special Issue 53 of the Magazine of the Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery (September 2009), ISSN 1753-4402 (London: Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery)
  • Spas, Wells, and Pleasure-Gardens of London (London: Historical Publications, 2010). ISBN 978-1-905286-34-8
  • The Protestant Cemetery in Rome. Special Issue 55 of the Magazine of the Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery (January 2010) ISSN 1753-4402 (London: Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery)
  • Freemasonry & the Enlightenment: Architecture, Symbols, & Influences (London: Historical Publications, 2011) ISBN 978-1-905286-45-4
  • Georgian Architecture in the British Isles 1715–1830 (Swindon: English Heritage, 2011). ISBN 978-1-84802-086-3
  • Funerary Monuments and Memorials in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh (Whitstable: Historical Publications, 2013) ISBN 978-1-905286-49-2 and 978-1-905286-48-5
  • Making Dystopia: The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018) ISBN 978-0-198753-69-8

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Contemporary Authors, vols. 37–40, ed. Ann Every, Gale/Cengage Learning, 1979, p. 110
  2. ^ "Reviews". The London Journal. 37: 56–66. 2012. doi:10.1179/174963212X13296107766034. S2CID 218676673.
  3. ^ The Insurance Record, collected volume 69, Tudor Press, 1931, p. 399
  4. ^ "James Stevens Curl Qualifications - Architectural Historian - James Stevens Curl".
  5. ^ "Professor James Stevens Curl - Architectural Historian and Author - About JSC - James Stevens Curl".
  6. ^ a b Official website (Accessed 1 October 2014)
  7. ^ "From Wikipedia to Roman coins: British Academy recognises excellence in the humanities and social sciences". The British Academy. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  8. ^ Curl, 1977, viii
  9. ^ Making Dystopia: The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism, James Stevens Curl, Oxford University Press, p. xxxvi

External links edit

  • Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery last accessed 22 November 2015

November 29, 2023
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James Stevens Curl born 26 March 1937 1 MRIA FSA FSA Scot FRIAS is an architectural historian architect and author with an extensive range of publications to his name Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Honours 4 Memberships 5 Personal life 6 Selected works 7 References 8 External linksEarly life and education editThe son of George Stevens Curl 1903 1974 who worked as an inspector of agents for the Eagle Star Insurance Company 2 3 and Sarah nee McKinney Curl was born in Belfast Northern Ireland He was educated at Campbell College Belfast at Queen s University Belfast and at Belfast College of Art before studying at the Oxford School of Architecture now part of Oxford Brookes University where he qualified in Architecture 1963 and having studied under Arthur Korn in Town Planning 1967 He read for his doctorate at University College London which he received in 1981 1 4 5 Career editCurl is Professor at the School of Architecture and Design Ulster University 6 Professor Emeritus at De Montfort University Leicester and has been a Visiting Fellow at Peterhouse Cambridge 1991 92 2002 An honorary Doctor of Arts degree was conferred on him by De Montfort University in 2014 in recognition of his distinctive contribution to the study of Architectural History and of his outstanding contributions to the intellectual and cultural life of the nation and the region 6 Honours editCurl is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland a Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland a member of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects of the City of London In September 2017 he was awarded the President s Medal of the British Academy for his contribution to the study of the History of Architecture in Britain and Ireland 7 Memberships editCurl was the first Chairman of Oxford Civic Society 8 which was founded in 1969 He is Joint Patron of the Mausolea and Monuments Trust President of the Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery a Vice President of the Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery a member of the Art Workers Guild and a member of the Oxford amp Cambridge Club Personal life editIn 1960 Curl married psychiatrist Eileen Elizabeth Blackstock they had two daughters His second marriage in 1993 was to Professor Stanislawa Dorota Iwaniec 1 9 Selected works editThe Erosion of Oxford Oxford Oxford Illustrated Press 1977 ISBN 0 902280 40 6 English Architecture an Illustrated Glossary Newton Abbot David amp Charles 1987 New revised edition of the book originally published in 1977 ISBN 0 7153 8887 8 The Londonderry Plantation 1609 1914 The History Architecture and Planning of the Estates of the City of London in Ulster Chichester Phillimore 1986 ISBN 0 85033 577 9 English Architecture an Illustrated Glossary Toronto Ottawa Halifax Winnipeg Edmonton amp Vancouver Fitzhenry amp Whiteside 1987 ISBN 0 88902 943 1 Victorian Architecture Newton Abbot David amp Charles 1990 ISBN 0 7153 9144 5 Simon Stringer Sculptor Catalogue of Exhibition at the Goldmark Gallery Uppingham Uppingham Goldmark Gallery 1990 ISBN 1 870507 09 6 The Art and Architecture of Freemasonry An Introductory Study London B T Batsford 1991 Winner of the RIBA Sir Banister Fletcher Award for Best Book of the Year on Architecture 1992 ISBN 0 7134 5827 5 The Art and Architecture of Freemasonry An Introductory Study Woodstock amp New York Overlook Press 1993 ISBN 0 87951 494 9 Classical Architecture An Introduction to Its Vocabulary and Essentials with a Select Glossary of Terms London B T Batsford 1992 ISBN 0 7134 6772 X Victorian Architecture Newton Abbot David amp Charles Publishers plc 1992 Paperback edition of the 1990 hardback ISBN 0 7153 9144 5 Classical Architecture An Introduction to its Vocabulary and Essentials with a Select Glossary of Terms New York Van Nostrand Reinhold 1992 ISBN 0 442 30896 5 Encyclopaedia of Architectural Terms Wimbledon London Donhead Publishing 1993 ISBN 1 873394 04 7 Georgian Architecture Newton Abbot David amp Charles 1993 ISBN 0 7153 9851 2 A Celebration of Death An Introduction to Some of the Buildings Monuments and Settings of Funerary Architecture in the Western European Tradition London B T Batsford 1993 ISBN 0 7134 7336 3 Egyptomania The Egyptian Revival as a Recurring Theme in the History of Taste Manchester Manchester University Press 1994 ISBN 0 7190 4126 0 hbk and 0 7190 4127 9 pbk The English Heritage Book of Victorian Churches London B T Batsford amp English Heritage 1995 ISBN 0 7134 7491 2 and 0 17134 7490 4 Georgian Architecture Newton Abbot David amp Charles 1996 ISBN 0 7153 9851 2 Paperback edition Encyclopaedia of Architectural Terms Shaftesbury Donhead Publishing 1997 ISBN 1 873394 25 X Oxford Dictionary of Architecture Oxford Oxford University Press 1999 ISBN 0 19 210006 8 Oxford Dictionary of Architecture in the Oxford Paperback Reference Series Oxford Oxford University Press 2000 ISBN 0 19 280017 5 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 Chichester Phillimore 2000 ISBN 1 86077 136 X The Victorian Celebration of Death Thrupp Stroud Sutton Publishing 2000 ISBN 0 7509 2318 0 Classical Architecture An Introduction to its Vocabulary and Essentials with a Select Glossary of Terms London B T Batsford 2001 ISBN 0 7134 86848 Classical Architecture An Introduction to its Vocabulary and Essentials with a Select Glossary of Terms New York amp London W W Norton 2001 ISBN 0 393 73119 7 The Art and Architecture of Freemasonry An Introductory Study London B T Batsford 2002 ISBN 0 7134 8745 3 The Art and Architecture of Freemasonry An Introductory Study Woodstock NY Overlook Press 2002 ISBN 1 58567 160 6 Piety Proclaimed An Introduction to Places of Worship in Victorian England London Historical Publications 2002 ISBN 0 948667 77 X Death and Architecture An Introduction to Funerary and Commemorative Buildings in the Western European Tradition with Some Consideration of their Settings Thrupp Stroud Sutton Publishing 2002 ISBN 0 7509 2877 8 Georgian Architecture Newton Abbot David amp Charles 2002 ISBN 0 7153 0227 2 The Victorian Celebration of Death Thrupp Stroud Sutton Publishing 2004 ISBN 978 0 7509 3873 0 The Egyptian Revival Ancient Egypt as the Inspiration for Design Motifs in the West Abingdon amp New York Routledge Taylor amp Francis Group 2005 ISBN 978 0 415 36119 4 and 9 78 0 415 36118 7 A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Oxford Oxford University Press 2006 ISBN 0 19 860678 8 and 0 19 2806300 Victorian Architecture Diversity amp Invention Reading Spire Books 2007 ISBN 978 1 904965 06 0 John Claudius Loudon 1783 1843 and the Cemetery Movement Southampton Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery 2008 Two Outstanding Monuments in the General Cemetery of All Souls Kensal Green The French Connection and Other Matters Special Issue 53 of the Magazine of the Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery September 2009 ISSN 1753 4402 London Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery Spas Wells and Pleasure Gardens of London London Historical Publications 2010 ISBN 978 1 905286 34 8 The Protestant Cemetery in Rome Special Issue 55 of the Magazine of the Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery January 2010 ISSN 1753 4402 London Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery Freemasonry amp the Enlightenment Architecture Symbols amp Influences London Historical Publications 2011 ISBN 978 1 905286 45 4 Georgian Architecture in the British Isles 1715 1830 Swindon English Heritage 2011 ISBN 978 1 84802 086 3 Funerary Monuments and Memorials in St Patrick s Cathedral Armagh Whitstable Historical Publications 2013 ISBN 978 1 905286 49 2 and 978 1 905286 48 5 Making Dystopia The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism Oxford Oxford University Press 2018 ISBN 978 0 198753 69 8References edit a b c Contemporary Authors vols 37 40 ed Ann Every Gale Cengage Learning 1979 p 110 Reviews The London Journal 37 56 66 2012 doi 10 1179 174963212X13296107766034 S2CID 218676673 The Insurance Record collected volume 69 Tudor Press 1931 p 399 James Stevens Curl Qualifications Architectural Historian James Stevens Curl Professor James Stevens Curl Architectural Historian and Author About JSC James Stevens Curl a b Official website Accessed 1 October 2014 From Wikipedia to Roman coins British Academy recognises excellence in the humanities and social sciences The British Academy Retrieved 5 October 2017 Curl 1977 viii Making Dystopia The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism James Stevens Curl Oxford University Press p xxxviExternal links editFriends of Kensal Green Cemetery last accessed 22 November 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Stevens Curl amp oldid 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