Hugh Casson

Known for

Acting

Born

May 23, 1910

Died

August 15, 1999

Birthplace

Hampstead, London, England, UK

Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson CH KCVO PRA RDI was a British architect. He was also active as an interior designer, as an artist, and as a writer and broadcaster on twentieth-century design. He was the director of architecture for the 1951 Festival of Britain. From 1976 to 1984, he was president of the Royal Academy.