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Pamela Denman Kingsbury
Boyle, Richard, third earl of Burlington and fourth earl of Cork (1694–1753), architect, collector, and patron of the arts, was born on 25 April 1694 at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, the only son of Charles Boyle, second earl of Burlington and third earl of Cork...
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Deborah Graham-Vernon
Padua, John of (fl. 1543–1557), architect and musician, was one of a number of foreign architects and craftsmen employed at the court of Henry VIII. He is first recorded in the exchequer accounts on 30 January 1544, when a fee of 2s...
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Sedding, Edmund (1836–1868), architect and musician, was born on 20 June 1836, the son of Richard and Peninnah Sedding of Summerstown, near Okehampton, Devon. John Dando Sedding (1838–1891) was his younger brother. At an early age he displayed antiquarian tastes, which led to his visiting cathedrals, abbeys, and churches in ...