NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Smirke, Robert, 1780-1867 NRA: Smirke, Sir Robert (1781-1867) Knight Architect DNB: Smirke, Sir Robert (1780–1867), architect LBT ID: RoSmirk1867 VIAF ID: 64784073 LOC ID: no2007054959 | B/BAP: 1780-10-01 DIED: 1867-04-18 |
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The son of the painter Robert Smirke (d. 1845), he was an English architect who studied
under Sir John Soane; his commissions included the General Post Office and the British
Museum. | |