Peter Burman

Peter Burman is a British architectural historian and author who has also served on some notable committees concerned with the arts, crafts and conservation of heritage buildings. He served as Chair of the Fabric Advisory Committee of St Paul's Cathedral, London, for twenty years, and one of his writings is a book about St Paul's. He served as Chair of the Fabric Advisory Committee of Lincoln Cathedral for seven years and then was Arts Consultant for a decade. He has also served on the Wells Cathedral West Front Committee, which sparked the international 'Lime Revival', and later the Fabric Advisory Committee of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. He has been a member of the Art Workers' Guild since 1984. He is on the Board of the Guild of St George, founded by John Ruskin in 1871, and has a special responsibility for international relationships and craftsmanship.  He studied History of Art at King's College, Cambridge and participated in the Mural Paintings Conservation Course at ICCROM in Rome. In May 1974 he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. In 1990, he received an MBE in the New Years Honours as General Secretary of the Council for the Care of Churches. He received an honorary doctorate of engineering in monument conservation and architectural history from the Brandenburg Technical University, Cottbus in 2003. Most notably, he organised the only conference ever held on Philip Webb and his work. Watch the video