Thomas Graham Jackson [also known as T.G. Jackson; and as Sir Thomas Graham Jackson] was born in Hampstead, London, England on 21 December 1835. After studying at Corpus Christ College and Wadham College, Oxford, he was articled to Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878) from 1858. Having completed his articles, he established his own architectural practice in London in 1862.
Jackson's name is closely associated with the city of Oxford and its university for which he designed numerous buildings. "No other architect has altered the appearance of Oxford so greatly as Jackson" [James Bettley. Sir Thomas Graham Jackson. Dictionary of National Biography]. The commission that established his reputation was the new Examination Schools in Oxford, awarded following a competition in 1876.
Jackson was the author of several books on the history of architecture and the architectural profession including Modern Gothic Architecture (1873); History of Wadham College, Oxford (1893); History of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford (1897); Reason in Architecture (1906); Byzantine and Romanesque Architecture (1912); Gothic Architecture In France, England and Italy (1915); Renaissance of Roman Architecture, Italy (1921); Renaissance of Roman Architecture, England (1922); and Renaissance of Roman Architecture, France (1923)
Jackson received the RIBA Royal Gold Medal for Architecture in 1910. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA) in 1892 and a Royal Academician (RA) in 1896. He was also elected a member of the Art Workers Guild in 1887 and was Master of the AWG in 1920.
He retired from practice in 1922 and died at home at 49 Evelyn Gardens, Kensington, on 7 November 1924.
At Oxford: the new Examination Schools; restorations of Bodleian Library, and of St. Mary's and All Saints' Churches; City High School; High School for Girls; Acland Nursing Home: new buildings for Brasenose, Lincoln, Corpus, Trinity, Balliol, and Hertford Colleges; new Radcliffe Library and new Electrical Laboratory, besides other works; At Cambridge: Law Library and Law School; Sedgwick Memorial Museum; Archaeological Museum; Physiological and Psychological Laboratories. Many works of restoration. Including Eltham Palace, Rushton Hall, Great Malvern Priory, Portsmouth Church, Grimsby Church, Bath Abbey, Christchurch Priory, Ashbourne Church, Trinity Church (Coventry), Hospital of St. Cross, and, especially, the salving of Winchester Cathedral. New buildings for the following public schools — Eton, Harrow, Westminster, Rugby, Radley, Uppingham, Giggleswick, Cranbrook, Brighton, Aldenham, and Sandwich. New buildings for Benchers of Inner Temple and the Drapers' Company. New churches at Annesley. Hornblotton, Wimbledon, Stratton, Aldershot, Northington, Curdridge, and Narberth, etc.; and numerous private houses. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1923]
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