Kirk, Sheila

Dr Sheila Kirk is a freelance architectural historian. After gaining a first qualification in architecture in 1956, Sheila has been researching Webb's life and work for twenty-five years, writing and lecturing about it widely. In 1990 she received a doctorate for her thesis on Webb from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, where she later worked for some years as a lecturer, module leader, and tutor in architectural history. She co-organized the 'Philip Webb in the North' exhibition in Middlesbrough in 1984 and the international conference on 'Philip Webb and the Significance of the Arts and...