What is John Soane?
{{Infobox architect |honorific_prefix= [[Sir]] |name= John Soane |honorific_suffix= {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|RA}} |image= Thomas Lawrence John Soane.JPG |caption= Portrait painted by [[Thomas Lawrence (painter)|Thomas Lawrence]] |birth_name= John Soan |birth_date= {{birth date|1753|9|10|df=yes}} |birth_place= [[Goring-on-Thames]], [[Oxfordshire]], [[England]] |death_date= {{death date and age|1837|1|20|1753|9|10|df=yes}} |death_place= 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, England |significant_buildings={{unbulleted list|[[Bank of England]]|[[Dulwich Picture Gallery]]|[[Pitzhanger Manor]]|12–14 Lincoln's Inn Fields (now [[Sir John Soane's Museum]])}} }} '''Sir John Soane''' (10 September 1753 – 20 January 1837) was an [[English people|English]] [[architect]]. He was [[knight]]ed in 1831. He was the greatest [[architect]] of his day. His house in [[Lincoln's Inn Fields]] is now [[Sir John Soane's Museum]] and is open to the public. On 15 November 1821 Soane was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]].<ref>{{cite book|title=John Soane An Accidental Romantic |url=https://archive.org/details/johnsoaneacciden0000darl |last=Darley |first=Gillian |page=[https://archive.org/details/johnsoaneacciden0000darl/page/264 264]|year=1999 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-08165-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2011/john-soane-somerset-house/ |title=John Soane and the learned societies of Somerset House |website=The Royal Society |date=15 April 2011 |access-date=3 August 2019}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Soane, John}} [[Category:English architects]] [[Category:1753 births]] [[Category:1837 deaths]] [[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society]] [[Category:Knights Bachelor]] [[Category:People from Reading, Berkshire]] {{biography-stub}}