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Wyatt, Matthew Digby (1820-1877), architect and art historian
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Dates of existence
28 Jul 1820–21 May 1877
History
British architect and art historian who became Secretary of the Great Exhibition, Surveyor of the East India Company and the first Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge. From 1855 until 1859 he was honorary secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and in 1866 received the Royal Gold Medal.
ODNB Entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30109
ODNB Entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/30109