Eric boardman biography

Edward Boardman (1833–1910) was a Norwich born architect. He succeeded John Brown as the most successful Norwich architect in the second half of the 19th century.^[1] His work included both civic and ecclesiastical buildings, in addition to private commissions.^[2] Together, with his rival, George Skipper, he produced many notable buildings with several standing to this day (2013).

Career

Boardman received his early education at the Baptist school in Norwich founded by the father of John Sherren Brewer and E. Cobham Brewer. His school fellows included the headmaster's grandson Henry William Brewer, later a notable architectural illustrator, the clinician and physiologist Sydney Ringer and the orientalist Professor Robert Lubbock Bensly.^[3]

Boardman trained as an architect with the London-based company Lucas Brothers and was later articled with John Louth Clemence of Lowestoft.

In 1860, he established his own practice in Norwich,