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Augustus Pugin
Sign in to saveAlso known as Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, A. W. N. Pugin, Augustus Welby Pugin, A.W.N. Pugin
English architect and designer (1812–1852)
Key facts
- Born
- Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin , ( 1812-03-01 ) 1 March 1812, Keppel Street, Bloomsbury , London, England
- Died
- 14 September 1852 (1852-09-14) (aged 40), Ramsgate , Kent, England
- Occupation
- Architect
- Children
- Edward Welby Pugin , Cuthbert Welby Pugin , Peter Paul Pugin , and three others
- Father
- Augustus Charles Pugin
- Practice
- Architecture and interior design in the Gothic style
- Buildings
- Palace of Westminster , Westminster , London
- Design
- Many Victorian churches, Big Ben, interior of the Houses of Parliament
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Augustus
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Bloomsbury
- Place of death
- Ramsgate
- Father
- Augustus Charles Pugin
- Occupation
- designer
- Educated at
- Christ's Hospital
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Palace of Westminster
- Field of work
- architecture
- Image
- Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin from NPG.jpg
- Work location
- United Kingdom
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- Commons category
- Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
- date of birth
- 1812-03-01
- date of death
- 1852-09-14
- Commons Creator page
- Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons gallery
- Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
- archives at
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- name in native language
- Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
- student
- Jean-Baptiste Bethune
- writing language
- English language
- significant person
- Jean-Baptiste Bethune
- P13311
- Friedrich Hielscher
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Works in European collections
12 objects attributed to Augustus Pugin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Houses of Parliament
An Apology for the Revival of Christian Architecture in England
Examples of Gothic Architecture : selected from various antient Edifices in England, Vol. 1
A treatise on chancel screens and rood lofts, their antiquity, use and symbolic signification : Illustrated with figures copied on stone from drawings by the author. (Mit 14 Taff.)
Examples of Gothic Architecture : selected from various antient Edifices in England, Vol. 2
Examples of Gothic Architecture : selected from various antient Edifices in England, Vol. 3
Details of antient timber houses of the 15th and 16th centuries
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Encyclopedic overview
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (/ˈpjuːdʒɪn/ PEW-jin; 1 March 1812 – 14 September 1852) was an English architect, designer, artist and critic with French and Swiss origins. He is principally remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival style of architecture. Among his best-known work is the interior and clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Pugin designed many churches in England, and some in Ireland and Australia. He was the son of Auguste Pugin, and the father of Edward Welby Pugin, Cuthbert Welby Pugin, and Peter Paul Pugin, who continued his architectural and interior design firm as Pugin & Pugin.
Biography
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