Sir William Chambers

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Sir William Chambers was an influential 18th-century Scottish-Swedish architect best known for his neoclassical designs in Britain and his role as a leading royal architect to King George III.

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Sir William Chambers canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish person ⓘ
Swedish person ⓘ
architect ⓘ
human ⓘ
neoclassical architect ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neoclassicism ⓘ
Palladianism (early influence) ⓘ
associatedWith Edinburgh ⓘ
Kew Gardens ⓘ
linked to: Kew

London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
birthDate 1723-02-23 ⓘ
birthPlace Gothenburg ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster Abbey ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1796-03-10 ⓘ
deathPlace England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
educatedAt Académie Royale d’Architecture ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
employer King George III ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Scottish ⓘ
genre architectural treatise ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
influenced British neoclassical architecture ⓘ
John Soane ⓘ
linked to: Sir John Soane
influencedBy Andrea Palladio ⓘ
French classical architecture ⓘ
ancient Roman architecture ⓘ
knownFor architectural designs in Britain ⓘ
neoclassical architecture ⓘ
role as royal architect to King George III ⓘ
memberOf Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ
name William Chambers ⓘ
notableWork Buckingham House alterations ⓘ
Dundas House, Edinburgh ⓘ
Gower House, Whitehall ⓘ
Kew Gardens Orangery ⓘ
Melville Castle (attributed) ⓘ
Pagoda in Kew Gardens ⓘ
Pembroke House alterations ⓘ
Somerset House ⓘ
State Apartments at Windsor Castle (works) ⓘ
The Casino at Marino ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
author ⓘ
positionHeld Architect to the King ⓘ
First Architect to the King ⓘ
Treasurer of the Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ
Treasurer of the Royal Household (architectural role) ⓘ
studiedUnder Jacques-François Blondel ⓘ
visited China ⓘ
France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
wrote A Treatise on Civil Architecture ⓘ
Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines, and Utensils ⓘ

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Somerset House, London → architect → Sir William Chambers ⓘ
James Gandon → educatedBy → Sir William Chambers ⓘ
William Chambers → hasHonorificTitle → Sir William Chambers ⓘ
The Casino at Marino → architect → Sir William Chambers ⓘ
Dundas House, Edinburgh → architect → Sir William Chambers ⓘ
Gower House, Whitehall → architect → Sir William Chambers ⓘ
Melville Castle (attributed) → associatedWith → Sir William Chambers ⓘ
Dundas House → designedBy → Sir William Chambers ⓘ