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Thomas Manly Deane

Sir Thomas Manly Deane (8 June 1851 – 3 February 1933) was an Irish architect, the son of Sir Thomas Newenham Deane and grandson of Sir Thomas Deane, who were also architects. He designed three buildings of note in Dublin: the National Museum and National Library on Kildare Street and also in the 1937 Reading Room in Trinity College Dublin. Deane was knighted in 1911.

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Thomas Manly Deane

1907 Labourers cottage design by Thomas Manley Deane

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Born
1851
Died
1933
Nationality
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Irish Free State
Occupation
architect
Education
Trinity College and Dublin
Honours
Knight Bachelor

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Sir Thomas Manly Deane (8 June 1851 – 3 February 1933) was an Irish architect, the son of Sir Thomas Newenham Deane and grandson of Sir Thomas Deane, who were also architects. He designed three buildings of note in Dublin: the National Museum and National Library on Kildare Street and also in the 1937 Reading Room in Trinity College Dublin. Deane was knighted in 1911.

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