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William Beckford. William Thomas Beckford ( Fonthill, Wiltshire, 1 oktober 1760 – “Lansdown Hill”, landgoed bij Bath, 2 mei 1844) was een excentrieke Engelse schrijver, kunstverzamelaar, architect, bouwmeester en politicus.
30 de oct. de 2020 · William Beckford was born in 1760 at either the Beckfords’ London house in King Square, now known as Soho Square, or at Fonthill Splendens, a Palladian mansion on their Wiltshire estate. He was the only legitimate child of William Beckford (1709–70), known as Alderman Beckford, and Maria Hamilton (1725–98), the granddaughter of James Hamilton (1661–1734), 6th Earl of Abercorn.
8 de jun. de 2022 · A 19th-century engraving of Beckford’s Tower, which was built between 1826 and 1827 by the writer, slave owner and collector William Beckford (1760-1840) and is now owned by the Bath ...
5 On en veut pour preuve l’article de Luc Ruiz en 1995 qui ne fait pas état des recherches de Parreaux et ne semblait pas connaître les sources arabes de la production orientaliste de Beckford ; voir L. Ruiz, "William Beckford, coauteur des Mille et une nuits", Mélanges Maurice Lévy-Les Cahiers du Cerli, Toulouse : Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, N° 6, mars 1995, p. 161-165.
His society bemusedly tolerated most eccentrics — even nouveau riche ones — but they chose to ostracize this remarkable personality, dubbing him "The Fool of Fonthill." Beckford's father, twice Lord Mayor of London, was the richest man in England, with extensive holdings in the cloth industry, property, government bonds, and sugar plantations.
ويليام توماس بيكفورد ( بالإنجليزية: William Thomas Beckford ) (1 أكتوبر 1760 - 2 مايو 1844)، روائي ومهندس معماري وناقد وكاتب وسياسي بريطاني. كان ويليام مهووسًا بجمع الأعمال الفنية الزخرفية في بعض الأحيان ...
With the incredible news that William Beckford’s long-lost grotto tunnel is found, Bath Preservation Trust now plans to restore historic feature. The paddocks surrounding a famous Bath landmark are being restored to enable visitors to experience a glimpse of William Beckford’s gardens as they were presented almost 200 years ago – and as part of the restoration works the long-lost grotto ...
