Clarke, Caspar Purdon, Sir, 1846-1911

Variant names

Dates:

Birth 1846-12-21

Death 1911-03-29

Nationality: Britons,

Biographical notes:

1865-1867 office of works; 1867-1874 works department of the South Kensington Museum; 1874-1876 superintendent of works for the British consular buildings in Tehran; 1876 purchasing tour for the South Kensington Museum to Turkey, Syria and Greece; 1878 architect of the Indian section and commercial agent to the Indian government at the Paris Exhibition; 1879 purchasing tour for the South Kensington Museum to Spain, Italy and Germany; 1881-1882 special commissioner in India; 1883 CIE; 1883-1892 keeper of the India Museum at South Kensington; 1892 keeper of the art collections; 1893 fellow of the Society of Antiquaries; 1893-1895 assistant director; 1896-1905 director of the South Kensington Museum (from 1899 Victoria and Albert Museum); 1899 commissioned to build the Indian hall at Elvedon, Suffolk, with William Young; 1900 royal commissioner at the Paris Exhibition; 1902 knighthood; 1904 royal commissioner at the St Louis Exhibition; 1906-1910 director of the Metropolitan Museum, New York

Epithet: museum director and architect

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