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• Winner of Philip Leverhulme Prize Winner 2008.

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In this attractive book, William Whyte has wisely and ably brought Sir Thomas Graham Jackson out of the peculiar obscurity to which much of the twentieth century consigned him. Simona Langella Dr William Whyte s research has made a highly original contribution by integrating architecture and the built environment into cultural and intellectual history...a work of profound scholarship Board of the Leverhulme Prize 2008 An exploration of the career of the successful architect, Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, leads outwards into Victorian and Edwardian society in a multitude of ways. It opens up questions of taste, style, aesthetic ideals and ambitions, as well as of patronage, resources and social structure. William Whyte has seized all these oppurtunities triumphantly. Gillian Sutherland, The English Historical Review ...well written, based on the most extensive research and highly intelligent. Apollo Magazine In this attractive book, William Whyte has wisely and ably brought Sir Thomas Graham Jackson out of the peculiar obscurity to which much of the twentieth century consigned him. Sheldon Rothblatt, History of Universities Whyte has provided us with a highly-informed account of an architectural career and, for those unaware of how much of Oxford is Anglo-Jaxon, an eye-opening book, a pleasure to read and greatly enhanced by numerous plates and illustrations. Sheldon Rothblatt, History of Universities this informative and elegant study will attract all those interested in Victorian and Edwardian cultural history, and adds substantially to our knowledge of university and public-school architecture. R. D. Anderson, History Journal An exploration of the career of the successful architect, Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, leads outwards into Victorian and Edwardian society in a multitude of ways. It opens up questions of taste, style, aesthetic ideals and ambitions, as well as of patronage, resources and social structure. William Whyte has seized all these opportunities triumphantly. Gillian Sutherland, English Historical Review

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