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Comper, John Ninian [1864-1960. UK. Architect/Stained Glass/Furniture Designer]

John Ninian Comper [also known as Sir John Ninian Comper] was born in Aberdeen, … subscribers only

Photograph of John Ninian Comper

Bibliography

1. Anson, Peter F. ‘The Work of John Ninian Comper: A Pioneer Architect of the Modern Liturgical Movement’. Pax : the monthly review of the Benedictines of Prinknash, Gloucester. vol. 37, November 1937 pp. 177-184

2. Anson, Peter. ‘Sir Ninian Comper: a pioneer architect of the modern liturgical revival’ Transaction of the Scottish Ecclesiastical Society vol. 14, 1950 pp. 7-16

3. Betjeman, John. A note on J. N. Comper: heir to Butterfield and Bodley’. Architectural Review vol. 85, February 1939 pp. 79-82

4. Blackwell, Chris. ‘St Mary-in-the-Baum, Rochdale’. [Architect (1911): Sir Ninian Comper]. Church Building & Heritage Review no. 129, May/June 2011, p. 26-29.

5. Buckley, Leonard. Sir Ninian Comper, 1864-1960 and Howard Martin Otto (Otho) Travers, 1886-1948: A Belated Tribute. London: Ecclesiological Society, 1994

6. Bucknall, Stephen A. (compiler).[List of the works of Sir J. Ninian Comper] Monmouth: The compiler, 1986. [66pp. Copy available RIBA Library, London]

7. Comforth, John ‘Last master of the Gothic’ Country Life vol. 182, no. 2, 14 January 1988 pp. 64-65.

8. Comper, John Ninian. Of the atmosphere of a church. London: Sheldon Press, 1947

9. Comper, John Ninian. Of the Christian altar and the buildings which contain it. London: S.P.C.K., 1950.

10. Comper, Ninian. Further Thoughts on the English Altar, or Practical Considerations on the Planning of a Modern Church. [Being a continuation of a paper read before the Society in 1893]. London : W. Heffer, 1933.

11. Comper, Ninian. Practical Considerations on the Gothic or English Altar and Certain Dependent Ornaments. Aberdeen: [publisher not identified], 1895

12. Comper, Ninian. The Reasonableness of the Ornaments Rubric Illustrated by a Comparison of the German and English Altars. London: [publisher not identified], 1897

13. Cornforth, John. ‘Last master of the Gothic’. Country Life vol. 182, 14 January 1988 pp. 65-66

14. Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001

15. Fenwick, Hubert. Sir John Comper: a Christian architect. West Park, N.Y.: Holy Cross Publications, 1965

16. Goodall, John. ‘Parish church treasures. War memorial.’ [Discusses the altarpiece designed by Sir Ninian Comper as a war memorial at the church of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury, Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk between 1919 and 1928] Country Life vol. 208, no. 38, 17 september 2014

17. Gray, A. Stuart. Edwardian architecture: a biographical dictionary. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd., 1985

18. Hamilton, Alec. Arts & Crafts Churches. London: Lund Humphries, 2020

19. Hope, Michael. The early work of Sir John Ninian Comper. Leicester: Leicester University, 1982.

20. Hope, Michael. ‘Sir John Ninian Comper, 1864–1960’ Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects vol. 3, 1984 90–99.

21. Jenkins, Simon. ‘England's thousand best churches. St Denys, Sleaford, Lincolnshire. [Designed by Ninian Comper] Country Life vol. 192, no. 21, 21 May 1998 p. 65.

22. Jenkins, Simon. ‘England's thousand best churches. St Mary, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. [Designed by Ninian Comper] Country Life vol. 193, no. 4, 28 January 1999 p. 58.

23. MacAllan, Jane. ‘The work of Sir John Ninian Comper: pastiche and valueless as an expression of contemporary art?’ Ecclesiology Today no. 36, June 2006 pp. 25-42

24. O’Corra, Simon ‘St Mary's, Wellingborough by Sir John Ninian Comper.’ Church Building no. 64, 2000 July/August 2000, pp. 14-17.

25. Symondson, Anthony and Bucknall, Stephen. Sir Ninian Comper: An Introduction to His Life and Work, with complete gazetteer Reading, England: Spire Books, 2006.

26. Symondson, Anthony. The Life and Work of Sir Ninian Comper 1864-1960. London: Royal Institute of British Architects, 1988 [exhibition catalogue]

27. Symondson, Anthony. ‘Art Needlework in Ireland: Sir Ninian Comper, Lady Mayo and the Royal Irish School of Art Needlework’. Irish Arts Review Yearbook, vol. 10. 1994 pp. 126–35

28. Symondson, Anthony. ‘Further thoughts on Sir Ninian Comper: an introduction and gazetteer’ Ecclesiology Today no. 40, July 2008 pp. 6-11.

29. Symondson, Anthony. ‘John Betjeman and the Cult of J.N. Compeer’. The Thirties Society Journal no.7, 1991 pp.2-3

30. Symondson, Anthony. ‘Medievalism in the twentieth century: St Cyprian's, Clarence Gate, London’ [Architect (1902): Sir J Ninian Comper] Victorian no. 14, November 2003 pp. 12-15

31. Symondson, Anthony. ‘Unity by Inclusion: Sir Ninian Comper and the Planning of a Modern Church’ Twentieth Century Architecture. The Journal of the Twentieth Century Society [The Twentieth Century Church special issue] no.3, 1998 pp.18-42

32. Victorian church art. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1971 [Catalogue of and exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London]

33. Wright, Andrew. ‘Ninian Comper: St John the Baptist, Rothiemurchus’. Architectural Heritage no. 12, 2001, p. 52-65.

34. ‘Obituary’. The Architects’ Journal vol. 133, 22 January 1961 p. 43

35. ‘Obituary’. The Architectural Review vol. 129, March 1961 pp. 153-154

36. ‘Obituary’. The Architect & Building News vol. 219, no. 4 January 1961 p. 5

37. ‘Obituary’. Royal Institute of British Architects Journal February 1961 p. 145

38. ‘Obituary’. The Builder vol. 200, 1961 p. 22

39. ‘Sir J. Ninian Comper’ Architects' Journal 12 January 1950 pp, 34, 39

Weblinks

Anthony Symondson, ‘Comper, Sir (John) Ninian (1864–1960)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [Subscription service]