William Chambers

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William Chambers was an 18th-century Scottish-Swedish architect best known for designing Somerset House in London and for his influential architectural treatises.

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William Chambers canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architect ⓘ
human ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
countryOfBirth Sweden ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1723-02-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1796-03-08 ⓘ
designed Casino at Marino ⓘ
Dunmore Pineapple ⓘ
Melville Monument, Edinburgh (design influence) ⓘ
Pagoda in Kew Gardens ⓘ
Richmond Palace (extensions and alterations) ⓘ
linked to: Richmond Palace

Somerset House ⓘ
educatedAt Académie Royale d’Architecture ⓘ
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Paris ⓘ
employer George III of Great Britain ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
familyName Chambers ⓘ
fieldOfWork architectural theory ⓘ
architecture ⓘ
genre architectural treatise ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle Sir William Chambers ⓘ
influenced British neoclassical architecture ⓘ
influencedBy Andrea Palladio ⓘ
Chinese architecture ⓘ
Jacques-François Blondel ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
French ⓘ
memberOf Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ
notableStudent James Gandon ⓘ
Thomas Hardwick ⓘ
linked to: Philip Hardwick
notableWork A Treatise on Civil Architecture ⓘ
Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines, and Utensils ⓘ
Somerset House ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
author ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Gothenburg ⓘ
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Architect to the King ⓘ
Comptroller of the Works ⓘ
Treasurer of the Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
workLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sir William Chambers → name → William Chambers ⓘ
Kew Observatory → architect → William Chambers ⓘ
Great Pagoda → architect → William Chambers ⓘ
Pagoda in Kew Gardens → architect → William Chambers ⓘ
Pagoda in Kew Gardens → designer → William Chambers ⓘ
A Treatise on Civil Architecture → author → William Chambers ⓘ
William Chambers → name → William Chambers ⓘ
subject linked to: William Chambers (publisher)