Samuel Acton

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Samuel Acton (c. 1773–January 1837), an English architect, surveyor and artist, was born c.1773, presumably in London, England. He was the nephew and pupil of Nathaniel Wright, a London carpenter and surveyor, and entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1790. Acton studied at the Academy for at least four years, taking their silver medal in 1794, and exhibited there from 1791 to 1802.

Little is known of his professional career, except that he held the post of Surveyor to the Commissioners of Sewers for the City of London, and that in 1822 he was President of the Surveyors Club. At his death in January 1837, he was living at Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire. Among his bequests he left £500 to establish a charitable fund for the benefit of members of the Surveyors Club and their dependents.

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Sir H.M. Colvin, A biographical dictionary of British architects, 1600-1840, 1995, p.48