Alban Caroe
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Alban Douglas Rendall Caroe FSA
FRIBA (April 17, 1904 − December 11, 1991) was a British
architect
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He was the son of W. D. Caroe and brother of Sir Olaf Caroe. He married Gwendolen Mary (née Bragg), daughter of William Henry Bragg
. His son, with whom he worked, was Martin Caroe
. His daughter, Lucy Caroe, historical geographer, married Richard Adrian, 2nd Baron Adrian
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Society of Antiquaries of London
The Society of Antiquaries of London is a learned society "charged by its Royal Charter of 1751 with 'the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries'." It is based at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London , and is...
FRIBA (April 17, 1904 − December 11, 1991) was a British
United Kingdom
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architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
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He was the son of W. D. Caroe and brother of Sir Olaf Caroe. He married Gwendolen Mary (née Bragg), daughter of William Henry Bragg
William Henry Bragg
Sir William Henry Bragg OM, KBE, PRS was a British physicist, chemist, mathematician and active sportsman who uniquely shared a Nobel Prize with his son William Lawrence Bragg - the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics...
. His son, with whom he worked, was Martin Caroe
Martin Caroe
Martin Bragg Caroe FSA was a British conservation architect, and partner in Caroe & Partners from 1963 until his death.He was the son of Alban Caroe and his wife Gwendolen Mary , daughter of William Henry Bragg...
. His daughter, Lucy Caroe, historical geographer, married Richard Adrian, 2nd Baron Adrian
Richard Adrian, 2nd Baron Adrian
Richard Hume Adrian, 2nd Baron Adrian FRS was a British physiologist.Adrian was born in Cambridge in 1927, the only son of Edgar Adrian and his wife Hester Pinsent, a mental health worker. His father won a Nobel Prize in 1932, was President of the Royal Society 1950–1955 and was created...
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