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Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
John Summerson

Born: November 25, 1904
Died: November 10, 1992 (aged 87)
Bio: Sir John Newenham Summerson was one of the leading British architectural historians of the 20th century.
Known for:
- The Classical Language of Architecture (1963)
- Georgian London (1945)
- Architecture in Britain, 1530-1830 (1950)
- El Lenguaje Clasico de la Arquitectura (1974)
- The Architecture of the Eighteenth Century (1986)
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