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 AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Melbourne, Australia | Business | | | |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | | | Placzek, Adolf K (ed) | 1982 | Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects | | New York: The Free Press/Macmillan Publishing Company | |
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