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== Death and legacy == [[File:Sir Nikolaus Pevsner 1902-1983 Architectural Historian lived here from 1936 until his death.jpg|thumb|right|[[English Heritage]] [[Blue plaque]] commemorating Pevsner's [[Hampstead]] home]] Pevsner died at his home [[2, Wildwood Terrace]], in August 1983.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|title=Wildwood Terrace|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/periodproperty/9821880/Homes-for-sale-with-blue-plaques.html?frame=2460166|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130065451/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/periodproperty/9821880/Homes-for-sale-with-blue-plaques.html?frame=2460166|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 January 2013|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=25 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="AJ">{{cite web|first=Richard |last=Waite|title=Pevsner honoured with blue plaque|date=6 November 2007|work=Architects' Journal|url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/pevsner-honoured-with-blue-plaque/219615.article}}</ref> His wife, Lola, predeceased him by 20 years. His memorial service was held at the [[Church of Christ the King, Bloomsbury]], the following December, with the memorial address being given by [[Alec Clifton-Taylor]], a friend of 50 years. He is buried in the churchyard of the [[Church of St Peter, Clyffe Pypard]], in [[Wiltshire]], where he and Lola had a cottage. His elder son, Dieter, was an editor at [[Penguin Books]] and co-founder with Oliver Caldecott of the publishing company [[Wildwood House (publisher)|Wildwood House]] in the 1970s.<ref>[https://www.moyracaldecott.co.uk/wdp/oliver-caldecott-1925-1989/ "Oliver Caldecott 1925β1989"], Moyra Caldecott website, 29 January 2009.</ref> His younger son, [[Tom Pevsner|Tom]], was a film producer and director who went on to work on several [[James Bond films]]. Pevsner had many notable students including [[Phoebe Stanton]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Stanton, Phoebe|url=https://arthistorians.info/stantonp|website=The Dictionary of Art Historians|date=21 February 2018}}</ref> In 2007, a [[blue plaque]] was erected by [[English Heritage]] at Wildwood Terrace, Pevsner's home since 1936.<ref>[https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/nikolaus-pevsner/ "Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus (1902β1983)"], Blue Plaques, English Heritage.</ref><ref name="AJ" />
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