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Authorised form of nameBurton; Decimus (1800 - 1881)
Dates1800 - 1881
NationalityBritish
Date of birth30 September 1800
Date of death14 December 1881
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Kensal Green
OccupationArchitect
ActivityCareer:
Employed by the government (from 1825); erected the arch at Hyde Park Corner
Memberships:
FRIBA
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election06/12/1832
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1882-1883 vol 34 pp viii-x signed by J F
CodeNA2508
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1832/30Burton, Decimus: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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