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Mead, John Clement
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1798-1839
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John Clement Mead was an architect and designer based in London. Mead was the son of the London surveyor and designer Clement Mead. Mead trained at his father’s office and was admitted to the Royal Academy Schools in 1815. Between 1822 and 1824 he designed and built the Cambridge Observatory on Madingley Road. Mead submitted designs that were not adopted for new buildings at King’s College in 1823 and St John’s College in 1824. He died on 15 January 1839 after a long illness.
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Howard Colvin, "A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840".
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GB-1859-SJCA-PN117