Anthony Prosper Quiney PhD, FSA, RAI[1] (born 1935)[2] is an architectural historian, building archaeologist, writer and photographer who has lived in Blackheath for many years. Dr. Quiney is Professor Emeritus of Architectural History at the University of Greenwich,[3] a distinguished Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and President Emeritus of the Royal Archaeological Institute.[4] He has authored several books on the architectural history of England.
As a young boy, he was evacuated from London during the rocket attacks of 1945, to the countryside near a U.S. military airfield, where an American aircrew took him around their B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. This led to a lifelong fascination with military aviation. As a young man, Quiney performed his national service as a radar technician in the Royal Air Force, and later in life he realised a dream of piloting a restored Supermarine Spitfire.
Personal life
editHe is the husband of Ginnie Hole; screenwriter for The House of Eliott, Casualty, The Bill, and many other television programmes.[5]
A tall man with thick white hair, Quiney is sometimes seen with his Border Collie Rex, on the heath in Blackheath or in Greenwich Park.[6]
Books
editBooks include:
- John Loughborough Pearson, 1979. ISBN 0-300-02253-0.
- House and Home: History of the Small English House, 1986. ISBN 0-563-21133-4.
- The English Country Town, 1987. ISBN 0-500-01405-1.
- Period Houses, a guide to authentic architectural features, 1989. ISBN 0-540-01173-8.
- Kent Houses: English Domestic Architecture, 1993. ISBN 1-85149-153-8.
- Wall to Wall, An exploration of building materials and domestic architecture, 1994. ISBN 1-86000-013-4.
- The Traditional Buildings of England, 1995. ISBN 0-500-27661-7
- Panoramas of English Villages, with Nick Meers. 2000. ISBN 978-1-85799-946-4.
- England's Architectural Heritage, 2002. ISBN 1-903807-23-9.
- Town Houses of Medieval Britain, 2004. ISBN 0-300-09385-3.
- A Year in the Life of Greenwich Park, 2009. ISBN 0-7112-2871-X.
- The Undone Years: a story of two families, 1907–1923, 2015.
References
edit- ^ Member of the Royal Archaeological Institute
- ^ Quiney, Anthony (12 October 1986). "House and home a history of the small English house". British Broadcasting Corp.
- ^ Anthony Quiney (11 January 2004). "Town Houses of Medieval Britain – Quiney, Anthony – Yale University Press". Yalepress.yale.edu. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ "Society of Antiquaries of London – List of Fellows". Sal.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ "Ginnie Hole". IMDb.
- ^ Quiney, Anthony (2009). A Year in the Life of Greenwich Park. London: Frances Lincoln Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7112-2871-9.