James Elmes

James Elmes (* October 15, 1782 in London, † April 2, 1862 in Greenwich ) was an English architect and civil engineer, also a writer and father of the architect Harvey Lonsdale Elmes.

He went to the Merchant Taylor's School, learned the building trade from his father, then at George Gibson architecture. Later he became a student at the Royal Academy of Arts, where he won a silver medal in 1804. He designed a large number of buildings in London and eventually became a surveyor and civil engineer of the Port of London. Best known he is today but as the humanities and artistic writer. In 1809 he became vice- president of the Royal Architectural Society. A position he had as that of the surveyor in 1828 to give up because he had lost his eyesight partially.

Scripture Generic works

• Sir Christopher Wren and his Times (1823 )
• Lectures on Architecture ( 1823)
• The Arts and Artists (1825 )
• General and Biographical Dictionary of the Fine Arts ( 1826)
• Treatise on Architectural Jurisprudence (1827 )
• Thomas Clarkson: a Monograph (1854 )

• Architect ( United Kingdom)
• Civil
• Author
• Artists ( London)
• English
• Born in 1782
• Died in 1862
• Man