| LC control no. | no 99007340 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | H. de C. |
| Variant(s) | De C., H. C., H. de Hastings, Hubert de Cronin Hastings, H. de C. (Hubert de Cronin) Hastings, Robert Seymour Hastings, De Cronin Hastings, H. C. (Hubert de Cronin) |
| See also | For works of this author entered under other names, search also under: De Cronying; De Wolfe, Ivor De Cronying De Wolfe, Ivor |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Birth date | 1902-07-18 |
| Death date | 1986-10-20 |
| Place of birth | Merton (London, England) |
| Field of activity | Architecture Caricatures and cartoons |
| Affiliation | Architectural Press |
| Profession or occupation | Architects Periodical editors |
| Found in | Caricatures, 1926: t.p. (H de C) BM (C., H. de; no further identification) Recent English domestic architecture, 1929: t.p. (H. de C. Hastings) First spring of peace, 1946: p. 1 (H. de C. Hastings) Wembley : Empire Stadium and sports arena, 1956: title page (H.C. Hastings) His Alternative society, 1980: t.p. (de Cronin Hastings) Grove Art Online WWW site, 22 Nov. 2004 (Hubert de Cronin Hastings, b. 18 July 1902, d. 20 Oct. 1986; English architectural editor, publisher and writer) GardenArticles.com WWW site, 22 Nov. 2004: H. de C. reviewed (De Cronying and Ivor de Wolfe are pseuds. of Hubert de Cronin Hastings; was christened Robert Seymour [Hastings] which his father soon exchanged his first names for Hubert de Cronin - de Cronin after a Huguenot grandfather) Wikipedia, viewed 30 Nov. 2016: under H. de C. Hastings (Hubert de Cronin Hastings, often referred to in contemporary works as H. de C. Hastings (and known to friends as "H. de C."), was chairman of the Architectural Press and editor of Architectural Review and Architects' Journal) Oxford DNB online, viewed 30 Nov. 2016: under Hastings, Hubert de Cronin (Hubert de Cronin Hastings, editor; born 18 July 1902 at Merton, Surrey; he studied architecture at London University's Bartlett School of Architecture, then moved to the Slade School of Fine Art; in 1918 he joined the Architectural Press; he developed a skill for caricature (with architects largely his target) and a small book of them was published in the 1930s; in 1927 he married Hazel Rickman; also in that year he was appointed joint editor of both the weekly Architects' Journal and the prestigious monthly Architectural Review; he did not himself contribute many articles to the Architectural Review; when he did it was always under a pseudonym, usually Ivor de Wolfe (Wofle was a printer's error that was allowed to stand); he published two books on town design: "The Italian townscape" and "Civilia: the end of sub-urban man"; a third book "The alternative society" which addressed sociological issues; he died on 4 December 1986) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 82026307 |
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