Goodhart-Rendel, H[arry] S[tuart]

Date born: 1887

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Architectural historian. He delivered the Earl Grey lectures, which were later published as Architecture, Engineering and Sculpture.

John Summerson (q.v.) cites Goodhart-Rendel as an example of architectural history "essay writing," the dominant form of architectural history in England before the influence of continental scholarship. This form was abandoned after the influence of Geoffrey Webb (q.v.).

Home Country: United Kingdom

Sources: Summerson, John. "Margaret Dickens Whinney, 1894–1975." Proceedings of the British Academy 68 (1982): 637.

Bibliography: English Architecture since the Regency: an Interpretation. London: Constable, 1953; Architecture, Engineering and Sculpture: a Study in the Philosophy of Design. Newcastle upon Tyne: King’s College, s.n., 1947.