Charles Kinnear, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Kinnear

British architect

Date of Birth: 30-May-1830

Place of Birth: Collessie, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 05-Nov-1894

Profession: photographer, architect

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Charles George Hood Kinnear FRIBA ARSA FRSE (30 May 1830 – 5 November 1894) was one half of Peddie & Kinnear, one of Scotland’s most renowned and prodigious architectural firms, famed for their development of the Scots Baronial style, typified by Cockburn Street in Edinburgh which evokes a highly medieval atmosphere.
Kinnear was also a pioneer photographer credited with inventing the bellows attachment on early cameras.