John Burton-Page, Date of Birth, Date of Death

John Burton-Page

orientalist

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1921

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2005

Profession: historian, art historian

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

John Garrard Burton-Page (19 December 1921 – 2005) was a British orientalist, Lecturer in the Art and Architecture of India at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
He was an editor, and prolific contributor, to the Second Edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam between 1960 and 1995.
Burton-Page's contributions to the Encyclopaedia of Islam fell into three main categories: Muslim sites and monuments; Muslim dynasties; and Islamic building typologies.
These contributions were reprinted in a posthumous collection edited by his former student George Michell.