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Fletcher, Banister [Flight], Sir

Date born:   1866

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Date died:  1953

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Architectural historian, wrote famous guide to architectural styles and periods.  His father, also Banister Fletcher (q.v.), was an architectural historian as well.

Home Country:  United Kingdom

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Bibliography:  Andrea Palladio: his Life and Works. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1902; The English Home. London: Methuen & Co. 1911; Influence of material on architecture. London, Batsford, 1897; and Fletcher, Banister (1833-1899) A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method.  London: Athlone Press, University of London, 1896- [issued serially], first single-volume edition, London: B.T. Batsford and New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1897.