Hugh Casson
Personal information
- Known for
- Acting
- Known credits
- 1
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- May 23, 1910
- Died
- August 15, 1999
- Place of birth
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Sir Hugh Casson
Biography
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.
