Charles Robert Cockerell

Charles Robert Cockerell (1788?1863) was an English architect, archaeologist, and writer. Early in his life, he trained in the architectural practice of his father, Samuel Pepys Cockerell. One of his earliest jobs found Cockerell assisting Robert Smirke in rebuilding the Covent Garden Theatre (a forerunner of today's Royal Opera House). He set up his own practice in 1817 and became relatively successful, becoming president of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1860.

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1788 - 1863 - Architect - Archaeologist - Writer - Samuel Pepys Cockerell - Robert Smirke - Royal Opera House - 1817 - Royal Institute of British Architects - 1860

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As an archaeologist, Cockerell is remembered for discovering the reliefs from the temple of Apollo at Bassae, near Phigalia, which are now in the British Museum. Replicas of these reliefs were included in the frieze of the library of the Travellers Club, of which Charles Robert Cockerell was a founding committee member in 1819.

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Phigalia - British Museum - Travellers Club

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