Tomb of Dr Gottlieb William Leitner 1840 to 1899
TOMB OF DR GOTTLIEB WILLIAM LEITNER 1840 TO 1899
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391041
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jul-2004
- List Entry Name:
- Tomb of Dr Gottlieb William Leitner 1840 to 1899
- Statutory Address:
- TOMB OF DR GOTTLIEB WILLIAM LEITNER 1840 TO 1899
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391041
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jul-2004
- List Entry Name:
- Tomb of Dr Gottlieb William Leitner 1840 to 1899
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOMB OF DR GOTTLIEB WILLIAM LEITNER 1840 TO 1899
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- TOMB OF DR GOTTLIEB WILLIAM LEITNER 1840 TO 1899
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Surrey
- District:
- Woking (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 95698 56602
Details
71/0/10025 Tomb of Dr Gottlieb William Leitner (1 23-JUL-04 840-1899), Brookwood Cemetery
GV II Memorial to Dr Gottlieb William Leitner (1840-1899). Carrara bust within a pink granite surround. Mason unknown. Leitner's bewhiskered bust is set within a curved niche: around it, in raised letters, is the inscription THE LEARNED ARE HONOURED IN THEIR WORK. HISTORY: Leitner, born in Budapest, was a modern linguist specialising in oriental languages. Sometine professor at King's College London, he founded numerous establishments of learning in the Indian sub-continent, including Lahore University. He founded the Oriental Institute at Woking as a place of learning these languages for colonial administrators: as a result, Britain's first mosque was opened in Woking. Listed for its sculptural exuberance and as an interesting reflection of late imperial cosmopolitanism.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 492729
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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