Frank Matcham
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Frank Matcham was a renowned British theatre architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, celebrated for designing many of the UK's most famous and ornate playhouses and music halls.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Frank Matcham canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T998354 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Frank Matcham Context triple: [Grand Opera House, architect, Frank Matcham]
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Richard Norman Shaw
Richard Norman Shaw was a prominent 19th-century British architect renowned for shaping the Queen Anne revival and influencing the development of late Victorian domestic architecture.
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Giles Gilbert Scott
Giles Gilbert Scott was a prominent 20th-century British architect best known for designing iconic structures such as the red telephone box and major public buildings in the UK.
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C.
William Butterfield
William Butterfield was a prominent 19th-century English architect best known for his richly polychromatic, High Victorian Gothic church designs.
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D.
Alfred Waterhouse
Alfred Waterhouse was a prominent 19th-century English architect best known for his Victorian Gothic public buildings, including the Natural History Museum in London and numerous town halls and university structures.
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Richard Upjohn
Richard Upjohn was a prominent 19th-century British-born American architect best known for popularizing the Gothic Revival style in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Frank Matcham Target entity description: Frank Matcham was a renowned British theatre architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, celebrated for designing many of the UK's most famous and ornate playhouses and music halls.
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A.
Richard Norman Shaw
Richard Norman Shaw was a prominent 19th-century British architect renowned for shaping the Queen Anne revival and influencing the development of late Victorian domestic architecture.
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B.
Giles Gilbert Scott
Giles Gilbert Scott was a prominent 20th-century British architect best known for designing iconic structures such as the red telephone box and major public buildings in the UK.
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C.
William Butterfield
William Butterfield was a prominent 19th-century English architect best known for his richly polychromatic, High Victorian Gothic church designs.
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D.
Alfred Waterhouse
Alfred Waterhouse was a prominent 19th-century English architect best known for his Victorian Gothic public buildings, including the Natural History Museum in London and numerous town halls and university structures.
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E.
Richard Upjohn
Richard Upjohn was a prominent 19th-century British-born American architect best known for popularizing the Gothic Revival style in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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architect ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| basedIn |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| birthCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1854-11-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Devon
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Newton Abbot ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | blue plaques on several theatres in the UK ⓘ |
| deathCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1920-05-18 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Westminster ⓘ
linked to:
City of Westminster
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| designed |
Belfast Grand Opera House
ⓘ
linked to:
Grand Opera House, Belfast
Bristol Hippodrome ⓘ Buxton Opera House ⓘ Empire Theatre, Liverpool ⓘ
linked to:
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Grand Theatre, Blackpool ⓘ Hackney Empire ⓘ Hippodrome, Birmingham ⓘ
linked to:
Birmingham Hippodrome
King’s Theatre, Glasgow ⓘ
linked to:
King's Theatre, Glasgow
London Coliseum ⓘ London Palladium ⓘ Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith (original building) ⓘ
linked to:
Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
Richmond Theatre ⓘ
linked to:
The Richmond Theatre
Victoria Palace Theatre ⓘ |
| designedApproximately | over 80 theatres ⓘ |
| employer | J. T. Robinson (architect) (early career) ⓘ |
| familyName | Matcham ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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theatre design ⓘ |
| fullName | Frank Matcham ⓘ |
| givenName | Frank ⓘ |
| heritage | many works now listed buildings ⓘ |
| influenced | design of modern British theatres ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advanced stage technology in theatres
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innovative sightlines in theatres ⓘ ornate auditorium designs ⓘ |
| marriageStart | 1877 ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
design of British theatres
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design of music halls ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
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theatre architect ⓘ |
| spouse | Fanny Elizabeth Moore ⓘ |
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Subject: Frank Matcham Description of subject: Frank Matcham was a renowned British theatre architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, celebrated for designing many of the UK's most famous and ornate playhouses and music halls.
Referenced by (12)
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