Basic Biographical Details

Name: John George Knight
Designation:  
Born: 1824
Died: 1896
Bio Notes: John George Knight was born in 1824. He practised in Melbourne in partnership with Thomas Kemp until 1855 when Kemp returned to England. He then took Peter Kerr, who like Kemp was a former assistant in the London office of Sir Charles Barry, into partnership, the firm becoming Knight & Kerr. In 1858-59 Knight & Kerr designed the Melbourne Council and Assembly Chambers and the Library of the Houses of Parliament following the abandonment of the competition-winning scheme by Smith & Pritchard. The scheme was essentially Kerr's, Knight being an engineer. Knight was first president of the Victorian Institute of Architects and was admitted FRIBA on 21 January 1861, but shortly thereafter Kerr left the practice to become a pastoralist and tour other colonies, Knight closing the practice c.1865-66 to undertake exhibition work. Knight died in 1896.

Private and Business Addresses

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 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 1Melbourne, AustraliaBusiness   

Employment and Training

Employers

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 NameDate fromDate toPositionNotes
Item 1 of 2Knight & Kerr18551861Partner 
Item 2 of 2Knight & Kemp, Architects and EngineersBefore 18551855Partner 

Buildings and Designs

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 Date startedBuilding nameTown, district or villageIslandCity or countyCountryNotes
Item 1 of 11858Council and Assembly Chambers and the Library of the Houses of Parliament  MelbourneAustralia 

References

Bibliographic References

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 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2British Architectural Library, RIBA2001Directory of British Architects 1834-1914   
Item 2 of 2Placzek, Adolf K (ed)1982Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects New York: The Free Press/Macmillan Publishing Company