Dr Sarah Whittingham is an architectural and garden historian who lives in the city of Bristol in the south west of England. She specialises in the architecture, interiors and gardens of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She is a committee member of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain.

As well as writing articles and giving lectures, Sarah has done much work for the University of Bristol, including teaching courses in the Lifelong Learning division of the Department of History of Art, directing adult summer schools and leading popular architectural walks and tours of University buildings and the city.

Sarah is the author of a guide to the Wills Memorial Building, and is writing a book on its architect, Sir George Oatley, that will be published by Redcliffe Press in 2009.

Another research topic is Pteridomania or the Victorian fern craze.

NEWS: Visit the exhibition curated by Sarah: 'The University of Bristol’s Buildings: Past, Present and Future’, at The Architecture Centre, Bristol, 1 July-31 August 2009.