Basil Champneys
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Basil Champneys was an English architect and author whose most notable buildings include Manchester's John Rylands Library, Somerville College Library, Newnham College, Cambridge, Lady Margaret Hall,
Somerville College Library, Oxford
John Rylands Library (1900) in Manchester – Grade-I listed and considered Champneys' magnum opus.
The Rhodes Building, Oriel College, Oxford
Mansfield College, Oxford
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Mansfield College, Oxford is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. The college was founded in Birmingham in 1838 as a college for Nonconformist students. It moved to Ox
Basil Champneys
…notable buildings include Manchester's John Rylands Library, Somerville College Library (Oxford), Newnham College, Cambridge, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, Mansfield College, Oxford and Oriel College, Oxford's Rhodes Building. Champneys was born in Whitechapel, London, on 17 September 1842 into a family with a modest income. His…
Stained glass window in the college chapel, L-R Sir Henry Vane, Oliver Cromwell and John Hampden
Mansfield College Main Building and JCR with Library on the left.
Robert Merrihew Adams, philosopher
Sir Chris Bryant, MP