Henry Hare
Illustration — 1914 portrait of Hare Henry Thomas Hare (1860–1921) was a British architect who was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire and educated in Sheffield and Harrogate.
Also recorded as Henry Thomas Hare
Henry Hare

Sir Samuel Henry William Llewellyn · Public domain
- Born
- Henry Hare was born, sources differ on the date (on 7 September 1860 and in 1861). · Scarborough.
- Died
- Henry Hare died on 10 January 1921.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- architect
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Illustration — 1914 portrait of Hare Henry Thomas Hare (1860–1921) was a British architect who was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire and educated in Sheffield and Harrogate.
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At the age of 16 he was articled to the Scarborough architect C A Bury but left after four years to complete his studies at the Atelier Ginain in Paris. He returned to London in 1878 to work as an assistant to the London architects King + Hill, and in 1886 passed the associateship examination for entry to the Royal Institute of British Architects, (RIBA) receiving the Asphitel Prize for passing with the highest marks. Hare set up his own practice in London in 1891, often working in collaboration with others. He was well-respected, serving on RIBA Council for many years, being President of the Architectural Association in 1902 and later becoming a Vice-President and then President of the RIBA from 1917 to 1919. He died in January 1921. Hare's trademark was including an etching or carving of a hare in every building he designed.
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• Illustration — Hare's trademark -a hare, bottom right in the middle stained glass, at Westminster College, Cambridge • County Buildings, Stafford (1893–1895) • Oxford Town Hall, (1893–1897) • Passmore Edwards Free Library, Hackney, London (1897–1899) • Henley Town Hall, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire (1899–1900) • Technical College, Southend-on-Sea, Essex (1900) • Crewe Municipal Buildings, Cheshire (1902–1905) • Carnegie Central Library, Hammersmith, London (1905) • Carnegie Central Library, Southend-on-Sea, Essex (1905) • Central and North Libraries, Islington, London (1906) • Fulham Central Library, London (1908), formerly Westfield House • University College of North Wales, Bangor (1911) • Westminster College, Cambridge (1899) * • Illustration — Bailey Hill water tower (2012) by Thomas Nugent Bailey Hill Water Tower, Luton (1901) • Illustration — Oxford Town Hall • Illustration — Fulham Library • Illustration — Westminster College • Illustration — Hammersmith Library
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Oxford - Queen Street / St Aldate's Street - View SSE towards Oxford Town Hall 1893 by Gothic Revival Architect Henry Thomas Hare - In the back: Tom Tower 1682 by Sir Christopher Wren
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Oxford - St Aldates - Oxford Town Hall 1893 by Gothic Revival Architect Henry Thomas Hare - Nowadays Museum of Oxford
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Henry Hare was born at Scarborough.
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