SIR

See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)

JOHN

See also:

• SIR JOHN SOANE (1753-1837)

SOANE (1753-1837)  , English architect and art collector, was born near Reading of a humble family whose name of Swan he afterwards altered to Soap or Soane . His talent as a boy attracted the attention of George Dance, junior, the architect, who with other friends helped him on . He won the Royal Academy's silver (1772) and gold (1776) medals, and a travelling studentship, and went to Italy to study (1777-1780) . Returning to England he got into practice as an architect, and in 1784 married a rich wife . He became architect to the Bank of England, which he practically rebuilt in its present form, and did other important public work . He became an A.R.A in 1795, and R.A. in 18o2, and professor of architecture to the Royal Academy in 18o6 . In 1831 he was knighted . In his house in Lincoln's Inn Fields he brought together a valuable antiquarian museum (now the Soane Museum), which in 18J5 he presented to the nation with an endowment; and there he died in 1837 .