biography
| name: |
Casson, Sir Hugh (Maxwell)
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pronunciation:
[kasn]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1910–99)
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| biography:
| British architect. He studied at Cambridge, and was professor of interior design at the Royal College of Art (1953–75). He directed the architecture of the Festival of Britain (1951), and was president of the Royal Academy (1976–84). He was knighted in 1952. |
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