Quote of the day
A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that 'the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it.'
John Henry Parker
Born: March 1, 1806
Died: January 31, 1884 (aged 77)
Bio: John Henry Parker CB was an English archaeologist and writer on architecture and publisher.
Known for:
- A Concise Dictionary of Architectural Terms (1875)
- ABC of Gothic architecture (1881)