Nicholas Hawksmoor

Nicholas Hawksmoor (probably 1661 – 25 March 1736) was a British architect born in Nottinghamshire, probably in East Drayton or Ragnall.

Read more about Nicholas Hawksmoor:  Life, Hawksmoor's Six London Churches, Garden Buildings and Monuments, Death and Obituary, Gallery of Architectural Work, Recovering Hawksmoor's Reputation, Hawksmoor in Modern Literature, Memorials

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