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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 ...
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.
William Chambers was born in Stockholm, where his father worked, in 1726. The family returned to England in 1728 and settled in Ripon, in Yorkshire, where William received his school education. At the age of sixteen the boy, who had a taste for travel and adventure, shipped as super cargo in a ship of the Swedish East India Company, and made at ...
Sir William Chambers (028), Architect, 1723-1796 Sir William Chambers was one of the most prominent architects in Britain in the eighteenth century. He served as the Architect of the King's Works and was a founding member of the Royal Academy of Art. His works included the remodeling at Buckingham Palace, and the design of Somerset House in London.
Extract. The neglect of Sir William Chambers is one of the paradoxes of English architectural history. Although he stands with Robert Adam and James Wyatt as one of the triumvirate of great architects of the second half of the eighteenth century, he has received little attention. Yet, he was not only engaged in over seventy building projects ...
Sir William Chambers (1723 – 1796) was born in Sweden, educated in England, and in his youth journeyed to India and China as a cadet in the Swedish East India Company. From 1749 he studied architecture at Jacques-François Blondel's École des Arts, Paris, then undertook further years of study in Italy. Returning to England in 1755, he became ...
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 ...
