Pupils and Brothers
His pupils included his brother Sydney as well as Lewis Vulliamy, William Burn, Charles Robert Cockerell, Henry Jones Underwood and Henry Roberts.
His brothers were also notable – Sydney Smirke was also an architect, best known for the circular reading room at the British Museum, and Edward Smirke was a lawyer and antiquarian.
Read more about this topic: Robert Smirke (architect)
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“Close to the academy in this town they have erected a sort of gallows for the pupils to practice on. I thought that they might as well hang at once all who need to go through such exercises in so new a country, where there is nothing to hinder their living an outdoor life. Better omit Blair, and take the air.”
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