John Francis Campbell

English architect. From 1949 he was Deputy Architect in the Schools Division with the London County Council (later GLC), and in 1958 Deputy Housing Architect in charge of the largest office of its kind in the UK. Forced to implement Government guidelines, he opposed the official view that the prefabricated systems of building were more economical than traditional methods, but nevertheless his department was responsible for the erection of many tower-blocks of apartments. He was responsible for saving and converting into apartments some derelict warehouses by the Thames at Deptford, the best part of the Pepys Estate there.

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John Francis Campbell (Iain Frangan Caimbeul, known in Scottish Gaelic as Iain Òg Ìle ('Young John of Islay'); born in Islay, 29 December 1821 - died in Cannes, 17 February 1885), Celtic scholar, educated at Eton and Edinburgh, was afterwards Secretary to the Lighthouse Commission. He was an authority on Celtic folklore, and published the bilingual Popular Tales of the West Highlands (4 vols., 1860-62), and Gaelic various texts.

Campbell also invented the sunshine recorder that bears his name as the Campbell-Stokes recorder.

References

• This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J. M. Dent & sons; New York, E. P. Dutton.
• encyclopedia.jrank.org

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