John Soane - Awards, Official Posts and Recognition

Awards, Official Posts and Recognition

  • On the 10 December 1772 Soane was awarded the Royal Academy's Silver Medal.
  • On the 10 December 1776 Soane was awarded the Royal Academy's Gold Medal.
  • On the 10 December 1777 Soane was awarded the Royal Academy's travelling scholarship.
  • On the 16 October 1788 Soane was made architect to the Bank of England
  • On the 2 November 1795 Soane was elected an Associate Royal Academician.
  • On the 21 May 1796 Soane was elected to the Society of Antiquaries of London.
  • In May 1800 Soane was one of the 280 proprietors of the Royal Institution.
  • On the 10 February 1802 Soane was elected an Royal Academician of the Royal Academy.
  • On the 28 March 1806, Soane was made Professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy, a post which he held until his death.
  • In 1810 Soane was made a Justice of the Peace for the county of Middlesex.
  • On the 15 November 1821 Soane was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
  • On the 21 September 1831, Soane received a knighthood from King William IV.
  • On the 20 June 1835 Soane was presented by Sir Jeffry Wyattville with a Gold Medal, from the 'Architects of England', modelled by Francis Leggatt Chantrey it showed the likeness of Soane on one side and the north-west corner of the Bank of England on the other.

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