Buxton, David Roden
BUXTON, David Roden
BUXTON, David Roden. British, b. 1910. Genres: Architecture, Travel/ Exploration. Career: With British Council Overseas Service, 1946-67; Research Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, 1967-73. Publications: Russian Mediaeval Architecture, 1934; Travels in Ethiopia 1949, 1957; (trans.) The Early Churches of Rome, by Emile Male, 1960; The Abyssinians, 1970; The Wooden Churches of Eastern Europe, 1981; (ed.) The Wooden Architecture of Russia, by A. and Y. Opolovnikov, 1989. Died 2003.
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