 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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City's greatest architect; You may not have heard of John Henry Chamberlain, but you are sure to know some of his buildings Arts Editor Terry Grimley looks at the work of the man who drove Birmingham through its golden era of Victorian civic improvement.(Features)
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The Birmingham Post (England)
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June 29, 2002
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Byline: Terry Grimley
Few people can have left a more substantial mark - for the good, at any rate - on the face of Birmingham than John Henry Chamberlain.
The resident architect of the Liberal nonconformist elite which drove the city through its golden era of Victorian civic improvement, Chamberlain is still without serious rival for the title of Birmingham's greatest architect.
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