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Sir Colin St John Wilson
Bust of Sir Colin St John Wilson by Celia Scott on display in the foyer of the British Library
Born
Colin Alexander St John

14 March 1922
Cheltenham, England
Died (aged 85)
Resting placeHighgate Cemetery
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsBritish Library

Sir Colin Alexander St John ("Sandy") Wilson, FRIBA, RA, (14 March 1922 – 14 May 2007) was an English architect, lecturer and author. With his partner MJ Long,[1] Wilson spent over 30 years progressing the project to build a new British Library in London, originally planned to be built in Bloomsbury and now completed near Kings Cross.

  1. ^ Dillon, Niamh (14 September 2018). "Mary Jane Long". The British Library: Sound and vision blog.

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