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John Slater
1847–1924
Best known as an architect and architectural writer, he worked closely with T. Roger Smith and helped produce clear, practical books on building history and design. He was also active in Britain’s professional architecture world at a high level.
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Architecture: Classic and Early Christian
by T. Roger (Thomas Roger) Smith, John Slater
About the author
Born in Bishop's Stortford in 1847, he trained at University College London and was articled to the architect and teacher T. Roger Smith. Their names are linked on Architecture, Classic and Early Christian, a widely circulated architectural history book that helped bring the subject to students and general readers.
Alongside his writing, he built a substantial professional career. Sources identify him as an architect and surveyor to the Berners Estate in London, and note that he served as President of the Architectural Association in 1887 and later as Vice-President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1900 to 1904.
He died in 1924. While not a household-name novelist or essayist, he is a useful figure to know for readers interested in architecture, design history, and the practical literature that shaped professional training in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.