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

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- 1851
- Died
- 1933
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Irish Free State
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- 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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Born in 1851, died in 1933.
Thomas Manly Deane studied at Trinity College, Dublin. Distinctions recorded are Knight Bachelor.
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