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Sir Howard Montagu Colvin

(1919-2007), Architectural historian

Sitter in 2 portraits
Fellow of St John's College, Oxford from 1948 until 1987 and Reader in Architectural History at the University from 1965 until 1987. Member of the Historic Buildings Council for England from 1970 until 1984 and President of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain from 1979 until 1981. Written widely on architectural history including editions of A Biographical Dictionary of English Architects 1600-1840(1954, 1978, 1995).

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Sir Howard Montagu Colvin, by Lucy Anne Dickens - NPG P948(11)

Sir Howard Montagu Colvin

by Lucy Anne Dickens
chromogenic print, February 2001
NPG P948(11)

Sir Howard Montagu Colvin, by (Henry) Colin Gray Matthew - NPG x88337

Sir Howard Montagu Colvin

by (Henry) Colin Gray Matthew
bromide print, 1998
NPG x88337

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