COCKERELL, CHARLES ROBERT Brit ish architect, was born in London on April 28 1788. After study ing under his father, Samuel Pepys Cockerell (1754-1827), he went abroad in 1810 and studied the great architectural remains of Greece, Italy and Asia Minor. At Aegina, Phigaleia and other places of interest, he conducted excavations on a large scale, en riching the British Museum with many fine fragments. He be came R.A. in 1829, and from 1840 to 1857 was professor of architecture at the Academy. In 1837 he was appointed architect to the Bank of England. Among his principal works are the Taylorian Building, Oxford (1842), and the completion of St. George's Hall, Liverpool, and of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cam bridge, with some important bank buildings. Cockerell's best conceptions were inspired by classic models; examples of his Gothic style are the college at Lampeter and the chapel at Har row. His son, Frederick Pepys Cockerell was also a distinguished architect.