Nikolaus PevsnerSir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983) was the Slade professor of fine art, University of Cambridge, and a fellow of St John's College. He was the first professor of the history of art department at Birkbeck College, University of London, etiring in 1969. He is probably best known for The Buildings of England, completed in more than fifty volumes shortly before his death, and for his An Outline of European Architecture, which has remained a standard work for over forty years. Read More Read Less