Nikolaus Pevsner

Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983), was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture. He is best known for his 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, The Buildings of England (1951–74), often simply referred to as "Pevsner".

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Birth dateJanuary 30, 1902
Birth nameNikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner
Birth place
Leipzig , Kingdom of Saxony
Date of deathAugust 18, 1983
Resting place
Wiltshire , Clyffe Pypard

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