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Chambers, Sir William (1723–96), architect and writer, was born 23 February 1723 in Gothenburg, Sweden, of Scottish parents, eldest among two sons and three daughters of John Chambers (d. 1752), a merchant who had settled in Sweden, and Sara Chambers (née Elphinstone). Educated in Ripon, Yorkshire, Chambers was subsequently employed (1739 ...
William Chambers RA (* 23. Februar 1723 in Göteborg; † 8. März 1796 in London) war ein schottischer Architekt und Gründungsmitglied der Royal Academy of Arts. [1] Zu seinen bekanntesten Werken zählen Somerset House in London, die chinesische Pagode in den Royal Botanic Gardens sowie die unter anderem bei den Krönungen britischer ...
23 de dic. de 2017 · Approximately 700 drawings of Sir William Chambers’ eighteenth-century design for Somerset House reside at Sir John Soane’s Museum. Yet, to start, it was not at all certain that Chambers would get the commission. At that point in his career he was Comptroller of the Works under King George III, a… Read More
12 de feb. de 2012 · William was born in Sweden of British parentage but practised as an architect in England and Scotland. Scottish Architects Practices. Chambers was the architecture tutor to King George III and in 1761 was appointed with Robert Adam as George’s Royal Architect of Works. Sir William Chambers helped set up the Royal Academy of Arts in 1768.
21 de may. de 2018 · Chambers, Sir William (1723–96). Important British Classical architect. Son of a Scottish merchant, he was born at Göteborg, Sweden, educated in Yorks., and travelled in India and China with the Swedish East India Company (1740–9). In 1749 he enrolled in J. -F. Blondel 's École des Arts in Paris and in 1750 he travelled to Italy, where he ...
Brought up in Sweden by Scottish parents, trained in France, a visitor to China and India, Sir William Chambers (1726-96) was by far the most internationally minded British architect of his time. Settling in London in 1755, Chambers became a favourite of King George III and went on to hold the highest official architectural offices and to build public and private commissions throughout the ...
25 de feb. de 1996 · Books. Sir William Chambers: Architect to George III. John Harris. Yale University Press, Feb 25, 1996 - Biography & Autobiography - 229 pages. Brought up in Sweden by Scottish parents, trained in France, a regular visitor to China and India, Sir William Chambers (1726-1796) was by far the most internationally minded British architect of his time.
