James Fergusson
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[English] James Fergusson ( 1808 in Ayr, Scotland, † 1886 in London, England) was an architectural theorist and writer, Orientalist and archaeologist. [Français] James Fergusson ( 1808 à Ayr, en Ecosse, † 1886 à Londres, Angleterre) était un théoricien et écrivain de l'architecture, orientaliste et archéologue. [Deutsch] James Fergusson (* 1808 in Ayr, Schottland; † 1886 in London, England) war ein Architekturtheoretiker und -schriftsteller, Orientalist und Archäologe.
Books
Tree and serpent worship or illustrations of mythology and art in India in the first and fourth centuries after Christ from the sculptures of the Buddhist topes at Sanchi and Amravati
The Parthenon, an essay on the mode by which lightwas introduced into Greek and Roman temples
The temples of the Jews and the other buildings in the Haram area at Jerusalem
One hundred stereoscopic illustrations of architecture and natural history in western India
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus restored in conformity with the recently discovered remains
KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A TALE OF TWO WORLDS
The remarkable and touching story of a singular friendship between the author (an affluent Western correspondent) and his Pashtun interpreter who meet in an Afghan war-zone and resume their friendship when Mir becomes an asylum seeker in London's East End.
A short essay on the age and uses of the Brochs and the rude stone monuments of the Orkney islands and the north of Scotland
Archaeology in India with especial reference to the works of Babu Rajendralala Mitra
A critique on the archaeological observations of Rajendralala Mitra, 1824-1891, and Sir Alexander Cunningham, 1814-1893.