Thomas Manly Deane (1851 - 1933)

Born 8 Jun 1851 in Blackrock, County Cork, Ireland

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Died 3 Feb 1933 at age 81 in Conway, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom

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Sir Thomas Manly Deane (1851–1933) was an Irish architect, the son of Sir Thomas Newenham Deane and grandson of Sir Thomas Deane, who were also architects. Thomas Manly's mother Henrietta Manly, daughter of Joseph Manly and Deborah Newenham, both of Cork City. Deborah's father, George Newenham of Summerhill, Tivoli, Cork, was a banker in the city and a noted patron of the arts. ^[1]

Born at Ferney House, Blackrock, Cork, on 8 June 1851, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and travelled in France and Italy before joining his father's practice. Deane went into partnership with his father from 1884 till his father's death in 1899, when he joined Sir Aston Webb.[1]

He designed three buildings of note in Dublin, Ireland. These are the National Museum and National Library on Kildare Street and also in the 1937 Reading Room in Trinity College Dublin.

Eldest son of Sir Thomas Newenham Deane, he studied in London and France before joining his father’s practice in 1878. Their firm T.N Deane & Son won the competition to design the National Museum and Library complex around Leinster House. This was completed in 1890. He was also the architect with Sir Aston Webb of the Royal College of Science, now Government Buildings.

He was knighted in 1911 and died in Wales on 3 February 1933.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=200885

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Manly_Deane
• https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/1432/DEANE,+THOMAS+MANLY+(SIR)
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