Architect and designer. Born Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo. In 1874, he travelled to Italy with John Ruskin to study the architecture. He later opened his own architectural practice in London, and in 1882 co-founded the . As well as designing several houses in London, he was a pioneer of the Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style) movement.
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Sir Arthur Mackmurdo
Arthur H. Mackmurdo, architect, 1851 - 1942, a pioneer and founder of the Art...
Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England and founder of Winchester College. Reconstructed Windsor Castle for King Edward III. Click on external site for more information. And see Winchester gees...
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One of the oldest building preservation trusts in the United Kingdom. It was founded by members of the newly-formed Blackheath Society as an independent and separate property company. Its original ...
Sebastopol is a city and port in Ukraine. Founded 1793 and fortified in 1794. It was besieged from 1854-1855 during the Crimean War and left in ruins. It was besieged again by the Germans in Worl...
Civil servant and architect. John Gordon Dower was born and died in Yorkshire. In 1945, invalided out of military service, he produced the official report which set out what National Parks in Engla...
Laid out the Norland Estate and designed the Royal Crescent there.  Died at home in Wimpole Street.
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