Dictionaries of architects, engineers and sculptors
Colvin, H.M., A
Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840
4th edn. (2008). Has a building index. An invaluable book, thoroughly
researched. Includes references to drawings and other material in the British Architectural
Library and many other repositories.- Brodie,
A., Felstead, A., Franklin, J., Pinfield, L. and Oldfield, J.,
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 (RIBA 2001). The
definitive biographical reference tool for the Victorian and Edwardian
periods, based on material in the British Architectural
Library and elsewhere.
- The Dictionary of Scottish Architects:
an online database providing biographical information and job lists for
all architects known to have worked in Scotland during the period
1840-1940.
- Gray, A.S., Edwardian
Architecture: A Biographical Dictionary (1985).
- Gunnis, R., Dictionary of British Sculptors
1660-1951 (1953, rev. edn 1968).
- Harvey,
J., English Medieval Architects: a biographical dictionary
down to 1550. Rev edn (1984).
- Loeber,
R., A Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Ireland
1600-1720 (1981). [Continued from 1720 to 1940 online by
the Irish Architectural
Archive.]
- Looking
at Buildings by the Pevsner Guides includes an
online searchable architects index for England.
- Skempton,
A. (ed.), Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in
Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 1: 1500-1830 (2002).
- Wodehouse, L., British Architects 1840-1976: A
guide to information sources (1978).
