William Larkins Bernard

William Larkins Bernard (born Taunton, 1 October 1843, died 22 July 1922) was an English architect, active in Bristol and London member of the FRIBA.

[1] Bernard was apprenticed to Charles Edward Davis, of Bath, Somerset, between 1863 and 1868.

[2] Among his own later pupils was Richard Croft James (1872–1949, of Clifton College) who was articled to him at Bristol from 1889 to 1892.

[3] Bernard was President of the Bristol Society of Architects in 1898,[4] having previously acted as its honorary secretary, 1888–1890.

[8] In 1889, his offices were at 8, St Stephen's Chambers, Baldwin Street, Bristol,[9] and he was at the same address in 1904.