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Peter Burman (Peter Ashley Thomas Insull Burman,
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FSA, born
Solihull
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,
[John Barcroft and Martin Butler Booth, ''A Register of Admissions to King's College Cambridge 1945–1982'' (Cambridge, 1989) page 261.] 15 September 1944) is a British architectural historian.
Education
He studied History of Art at
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the cit ...
.
["King's Members: Where are they now?"]
''King's Parade'', Summer 2009, page 14. In 1980 he participated in the Mural Paintings Conservation Course at
ICCROM
The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage worldwide through training, information, research, co ...
(International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) in Rome.
Career
From 1968 to 1990 he worked for the
Council for the Care of Churches
The Central Council for the Care of Churches of the Church of England was formed in 1917, developing from the Central Committee for the Protection of English Churches under the Archbishops' Council. It became the Church Buildings Council in 2007, ...
(now the Church Buildings Council) serving as its General Secretary from 1977 onwards. From 1990 to 2002 he was Director of the Centre for Conservation Studies, Department of Archaeology,
University of York.
From 2002 to 2007, he was Director of Conservation and Property Services at the
National Trust for Scotland
The National Trust for Scotland for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, commonly known as the National Trust for Scotland ( gd, Urras Nàiseanta na h-Alba), is a Scottish conservation organisation. It is the largest membership organi ...
.
From 2007 to 2012 he was Professor of Cultural Heritage Management at the Department of World Heritage Studies,
Brandenburg Technical University, Cottbus.
From 2012 onwards he has continued to be active as an arts and heritage consultant, for clients which have included the
Duke of Buccleuch
Duke of Buccleuch (pronounced ), formerly also spelt Duke of Buccleugh, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland created twice on 20 April 1663, first for James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth and second suo jure for his wife Anne Scott, 4th Cou ...
and the Chapter of
Lincoln Cathedral.
Other activities
He is a member of the Fabric Advisory Committee of
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the Gart ...
, and its Sculpture Committee.
From 2013 to 2015 he was Chair of the Garden History Society for Scotland.
["A Tribute to our Former Chairman, Peter Burman"]
''The Pleasaunce'', Issue 7, January 2015, page 4.
He has a special interest in the use of
building limes: he founded the
Building Limes Forum for the United Kingdom in 1992, and served as its Convenor from 1992 to 2000.
["Our Purposes" page]
The Building Limes Forum.
In February 2015 he was elected Vice-Chair of the Built Environment Forum for Scotland.
["Peter Burman (Vice-Chair)"]
Built Environment Forum Scotland.
He is a Guardian of the
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) (also known as Anti-Scrape) is an amenity society founded by William Morris, Philip Webb, and others in 1877 to oppose the destructive 'restoration' of ancient buildings occurring in ...
and chair of SPAB Scotland, a founding trustee of
SAVE Britain's Heritage
Save Britain's Heritage (styled as ''SAVE Britain's Heritage'') is a British charity, created in 1975 by a group of journalists, historians, architects, and planners to campaign publicly for endangered historic buildings. It is also active on the ...
, and a Director of Ruskin's
Guild of St George
The Guild of St George is a charitable Education Trust, based in England but with a worldwide membership, which tries to uphold the values and put into practice the ideas of its founder, John Ruskin (1819–1900).
History
Ruskin, a Victorian ...
.
He is Chairman of the Falkland Stewardship Trust, Chairman of the Falkland Society, and Archivist and Trustee of
Hopetoun House
Hopetoun House is a country house near South Queensferry owned by the Hopetoun House Preservation Trust, a charity established in 1974 to preserve the house and grounds as a national monument, to protect and improve their amenities, and to pr ...
.
In 2016 he was elected Chair of the
Falkland Community Council
A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain.
In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, or they may be non-statutory bodies. In ...
. He is also a Companion of the
Guild of St George
The Guild of St George is a charitable Education Trust, based in England but with a worldwide membership, which tries to uphold the values and put into practice the ideas of its founder, John Ruskin (1819–1900).
History
Ruskin, a Victorian ...
.
Honours
In May 1974 he was elected a Fellow of the
Society of Antiquaries of London
A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Soci ...
.
[Fellows Directory]
Society of Antiquaries of London. He received an MBE in the New Years Honours for 1990 as General Secretary of the Council for the Care of Churches.
In 2003 he received an honorary doctorate of engineering (''Dr.-Ing. e.h.'') in monument conservation and architectural history (''Denkmalpflege und Architekturgeschichte'') from the Brandenburg Technical University, Cottbus.
[Honorary doctorates in Faculty 6]
Brandenburg Technical University. He is a member of the
Art Workers' Guild
The Art Workers' Guild is an organisation established in 1884 by a group of British painters, sculptors, architects, and designers associated with the ideas of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement. The guild promoted the 'unity of a ...
.
Personal life
In June 2019 he married
Ross Burgess in a
Humanist
Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential and agency of human beings. It considers human beings the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry.
The meaning of the term "human ...
ceremony in
Falkland, Fife
Falkland ( gd, Fàclann), previously in the Lands of Kilgour ( 1200), is a village, parish and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, at the foot of the Lomond Hills. According to the 2008 population estimate, it has a population of 1,180.
Etymo ...
, followed a week later by a ceremony at the
Unitarian Church in
Croydon
Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensi ...
Bibliography
*
Terry Friedman and Peter Burman, ''
James Gibbs
James Gibbs (23 December 1682 – 5 August 1754) was one of Britain's most influential architects. Born in Aberdeen, he trained as an architect in Rome, and practised mainly in England. He is an important figure whose work spanned the transi ...
as a Church Designer: An Exhibition Celebrating the Restoration of the Cathedral Church of All Saints at Derby, 1972'', Chapterhouse Press, 1972.
*Peter Burman, "Inigo Jones at Hale"
Hale
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*Hale, Northern Territory, a locality
*Hale River, in southeastern Northern Territory
Canada
*Hale, Ontario, in Algoma District United Kingdom
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*Hale, Greater Man ...
Church, Hampshire], ''Country Life'', 7 February 1974.
*Marcus Binney and Peter Burman, ''Chapels & Churches: Who Cares'' (British Tourist Authority, 1977). Hardback, 320 pages. .
*Marcus Binney and Peter Burman, ''Change and Decay: Future of Our Churches'' (Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1977). Hardback, 208 pages. .
*Peter Burman, "Small Town Stations", in Marcus Binney & David Pearce, ''Railway Architecture'' (Orbis Publishing Limited 1979, republished Bloomsbury Books, 1985).
*Peter Burman, editor, ''Conservation of Wallpaintings: The International Scene'' (Council for the Care of Churches, 1986).
*Peter Burman, ''St Paul's Cathedral'' (Bell & Hyman, The New Bell's Cathedral Guides. 1987)
*Peter Burman and
Henry Stapleton, ''The Churchyards Handbook: Advice on the history and significance of churchyards, their care, improvement and maintenance'' (Church House Publishing for the Council for the Care of Churches. Third edition, 1988). .
*Peter Burman, editor, ''Treasures on Earth: A good housekeeping guide to churches and their contents'' (Donhead, 1994). Hardback, 320 pages.
*Peter Burman, editor, ''Economics of Architectural Conservation: Based on the Proceedings of a Consultation at King's Manor, 13–14 February 1995'' (University of York,Inst. of Advanced Architectural Studies, 1995) Paperback 118 pages.
*Peter Burman, editor, ''Architecture 1900'' (Routledge 1998). Hardback 284 pages. .
*Peter Burman, ''Conserving the Railway Heritage'' (Taylor & Francis, 1996), paperback, 244 pages. .
*Peter Burman, "The Revival of Lime for Cathedral Repairs", ''Lime News'', Vol. 4 No. 2 (The Building Limes Forum, 1996).
*
Leo Schmidt, Peter Burman, Christian Keller: ''Looking Forwards: The Country House in Contemporary Research and Conservation,: Proceedings of the Conference in York in 1999''. Cottbus 2001.
*Peter Burman and Enrico Fodde, editors, ''This Common Bond: Training Cathedral Craftsmen and Conservators for the Next Generation'' (University of York, 2001) .
*Peter Burman, "Das Schöne mit dem Nützliche: Englische Vorbilder und Einflüsse auf die Potsdamer Parklandschaft", in ''Nichts gedeiht ohne Pflege: Die Potsdamer Parklandschaft und ihre Gärtner'' (Potsdam: Stiftung Preußischer Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, 2001).
*Peter Burman, editor, ''Celebrating Conservation: 30 Years of Conservation Studies at the University of York'' (University of York, 2002) .
*Peter Burman, "Noble ideal or political football?: A personal view of the World Heritage Convention and aspects of its progress during the past thirty years", in ''Jahrbuch, Stiftung Preußischer Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg'', Band 4: 2001/2002 (Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2003).
*Peter Burman, "Chapter 23: Decoration, Furnishings and Art since 1900". In Derek Keene,
Arthur Burns
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and
Andrew Saint
Andrew John Saint (born November 1946) is an English architectural historian and Professor at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College, London.
Saint worked as the architectural editor of the Survey of London (1974–86) and then a ...
, ''St. Paul's: The Cathedral Church of London, 604–2004'' (Yale University Press. 2004) .
*Peter Burman, "Conservation Philosophy in Practice: A Scottish Perspective" in ''Architectural Heritage XVII: The Journal of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland'' (Edinburgh University Press, 2006).
*Peter Burman, "Introduction", in ''Quiet Hands: A Retrospective of Arts & Crafts Furniture Maker
Nicholas Hobbs'' (
William Morris Gallery
The William Morris Gallery is a museum devoted to the life and works of William Morris, an English Arts and Crafts designer and early socialist. It is located in Walthamstow at Water House, a substantial Grade II* listed Georgian home. The ext ...
, 2010).
*Peter Burman, "Reconstruction in Theory and Practice:Reflections from a British Perspective" in Uta Hassler and Winfried Nerdinger (editors), ''Das Prinzip Rekonstruktion'' (vdf Hochschulverlag AG an der ETH Zurich, 2010) .
*Peter Burman, "
Judith Scottobituary" ''The Guardian'', 7 July 2011.
*Peter Burman and
Dennis Rodwell, "The Contribution of the United Kingdom to European Architectural Heritage Year 1975", in ''A Future for our Past: The 40th Anniversary of European Architectural Heritage Year (1975–2015)'' (Berlin: Hendrik Bäßler Verlag, 2015), pp 262–275).
*Peter Burman, "Prophet of Preservation"
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*Peter Burman, "Robert and Eve Baker: A Tribute" in ''The Journal of the Building Limes Forum'', Volume 25, 2018.
*Peter Burman, "Historic Organs as Mainstream Cultural Heritage" in ''BIOS Journal Volume 43'' (British Institute of Organ Studies, 2019).
*Peter Burman, Chapter 3 "Abercorn House and Churchyard and the Hopetoun Mausoleum", and Chapter 4 "The Useful and Beautiful on the Hopetoun Estate", in Countess of Hopetoun, Polly Feversham and Leo Schmidt (editors), ''Hopetoun, Scotland's Finest Stately Home'' (Hirmer Verlag GmbH, Munich, 2020) .
References
External links
Personal website (archived by the Internet Archive as at January 2019"Dr. Peter Burman - Philip Webb (1831-1915)"YouTube.
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English architectural historians
Members of the Order of the British Empire
1944 births
Living people
Academics of the University of York
Academic staff of the Brandenburg University of Technology
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
Guild of St George
British archivists