A. Lawrence Kocher letter, March 12, 1923, to George Bernard Shaw.

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A. Lawrence Kocher letter, March 12, 1923, to George Bernard Shaw.

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Letter of A. Lawrence Kocher to Bernard Shaw in which Kocher asks Shaw to "express an opinion upon the value of books for the young architect ..." Shaw returned the letter with his response at the bottom noting that "the more an architect knows academically the worse he builds. Reading, picture gazing, and globe trotting all tend to shift an architect's eyes to the back of his head. In England we had so many eminent 14th century faker-experts that the 19th century never had a dog's chance architecturally."

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856, George Bernard Shaw was the only son and third and youngest child of George Carr and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly Shaw. Though descended from landed Irish gentry, Shaw's father was unable to sustain any more than a facade of gentility. Shaw's official education consisted of being tutored by an uncle and briefly attending Protestant and Catholic day schools. At fifteen Shaw began working as a bookkeeper in a land agent's office which required him t...

Kocher, A. Lawrence (Alfred Lawrence)

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A. Lawrence Kocher was an architect, editor, teacher, and authority on colonial architecture and history. From the description of Papers, 1921-1973. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 25060025 ...