Edwin Alfred Rickards (1872–1920) was an English architect.

Early life

Rickards was born in 1872.

Career

Rickards worked alongside the architects

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and James Stewart. He specialized in

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. He designed the

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, London, in 1907. Rickards' portrait was done by Frank Waldo Murray. Designed the Great Britain pavilion at the Venice Beinnale (1909).

Death and legacy

Rickards died on 29 August 1920. He appeared as a fictional character in

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's 1918 novel titled ''The Roll-Call''.

References

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