| Alfred Waterhouse | |
 The Natural History Museum, London |
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| Name | Alfred Waterhouse |
| Nationality | English |
| Birth date | 19 July 1830 |
| Birth place | Liverpool, England |
| Date of death | 22 August 1905 (aged 75) |
| Place of death | Yattendon, Berkshire, England |
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| Significant buildings | Natural History Museum, London Manchester Town Hall |
Alfred Waterhouse (July 19, 1830 – August 22, 1905) was an English architect, particularly associated with the Victorian Gothic revival. The Natural History Museum is one of three large Museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London (the others are the Science Museum London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Yattendon is a Village and Civil parish, situated between Newbury and Reading close to the M4 motorway, in the English Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Natural History Museum is one of three large Museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London (the others are the Science Museum Manchester Town Hall is a building in Manchester, England that houses Manchester City Council. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Culture The Victorian fascination with novelty resulted in a deep interest in the relationship between modernity and cultural continuities The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began He is perhaps best known for his design for the Natural History Museum in London, although he also built a wide variety of other buildings throughout the country. The Natural History Museum is one of three large Museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London (the others are the Science Museum London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Financially speaking, Waterhouse was probably the most successful of all Victorian architects. Though expert within Gothic and Renaissance styles, Waterhouse never limited himself to a single architectural style. Renaissance architecture is the architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 17th centuries in different regions of Europe in which there was a
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Early life
Waterhouse was born on the 19th July 1830 in Aigburth, Liverpool, the son of wealthy mill-owning Quaker parents. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Aigburth ( IPA /ˈɛɡbəθ/ is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary His brothers were accountant Edwin Waterhouse, co-founder of the Price Waterhouse partnership that now forms part of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and solicitor Theodore Waterhouse, who founded the firm of Waterhouse & Co. An accountant is a practitioner of Accountancy, which is the measurement disclosure or provision of assurance about financial information that helps managers investors Edwin Waterhouse (1841-1917 was an English Accountant. He is best known for having co-founded with Samuel Lowell Price and William Hopkins Holyland PricewaterhouseCoopers (or PwC is one of the world's largest Professional services firms A "solicitor" is a term used in many Common law jurisdictions for a lawyer who offers legal services outside of the courts that continues to practice in the City of London. For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically [1][2]
Alfred Waterhouse was educated at the Quaker run Grove School in Tottenham near London. Tottenham (pronounced "tot-num" by locals is an urban area of north London, England in the London Borough of Haringey, situated north-east of London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. He studied architecture under Richard Lane in Manchester, and spent much of his youth travelling in Europe and studying in France, Italy and Germany. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Upon his return to England, Alfred set up his own architectural practice in Manchester. [1]
Waterhouse continued to practice in Manchester for 12 years, until moving his practice to London in 1865. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Waterhouse's earliest commissions were for domestic buildings, but his success as a designer of public buildings was assured in 1859 when he won the open competition for the Manchester Assize Courts (now demolished). Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Manchester Assize Courts were Law courts once located in Strangeways, Manchester in England. This work not only showed his ability to plan a complicated building on a large scale, but also marked him out as a champion of the Gothic cause. See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. [3]
In 1860, he married Elizabeth Hodgkin (1834-1918), the sister of the historian Thomas Hodgkin. For the British physician his uncle with the same name see Thomas Hodgkin. [4]
Domestic Buildings in County Durham
Waterhouse had connections with wealthy Quaker industrialist through schooling, marriage and religious affiliation. Many of these Quaker connectons commissioned him to design and build country mansions, especially in the areas near Darlington. In Hurworth-on-Tees Waterhouse built Pilmore Hall for Alfred Backhouse, as well as The Grange in Hurworth, which Alfred Backhouse had commissioned as a wedding gift for his nephew, James. Hurworth-on-Tees is a village in the borough of Darlington, within the Ceremonial county of County Durham, England. E. Backhouse. This building is now known as Hurworth Grange Community Centre. Built in 1875, Hurworth Grange Community Centre in the village of Hurworth-on-Tees, Durham, England, has had a long and varied history from Another Backhouse family mansion designed and built by Waterhouse was Dryderdale Hll, near Hamsterley, which many might recognize as the home of head gangster Cyril Kinnear in the movie "Get Carter. "
London practice
In 1865, Waterhouse was one of the architects selected to compete for the Royal Courts of Justice. Manchester Town Hall is a building in Manchester, England that houses Manchester City Council. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year See also the Royal Courts of Justice Belfast. The Royal Courts of Justice, commonly called the Law Courts, is the building in The new University Club of New York was undertaken in 1866. The University Club of New York, also known as University Club', located at 1 West 54th Street at Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In 1868 and nine years after his work on the Manchester Assize Courts, another competition secured for Waterhouse the design of Manchester Town Hall, where he was able to show a firmer and more original handling of the Gothic style. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Manchester Town Hall is a building in Manchester, England that houses Manchester City Council. The same year he was involved in rebuilding part of Caius College, Cambridge; this was not his first university work, for he had already worked on Balliol College, Oxford in 1867, and the new buildings of the Cambridge Union Society, in 1866. Gonville and Caius College Cambridge is a constituent College of Cambridge University, one of the world's most academically respected institutions Balliol College (ˈbeɪlɪəl founded in 1263 is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Cambridge Union Society, commonly referred to simply as the Cambridge Union, is a debating society in Cambridge, England and is the Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common [3]
At Caius, out of deference to the Renaissance treatment of the older parts of the college, this Gothic element was intentionally mingled with classic detail, while Balliol and Pembroke College, Cambridge, which followed in 1871, are typical of the style of his mid career with Gothic tradition tempered by individual taste and by adaptation to modern needs. Renaissance architecture is the architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 17th centuries in different regions of Europe in which there was a Pembroke College is a college of the University of Cambridge, home to over six hundred students and fellows, and is the third oldest of the colleges Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Girton College, Cambridge, a building of simpler type, dates originally from the same period (1870), but has been periodically enlarged by further buildings. Girton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Two important domestic works were undertaken in 1870 and 1871 respectively — Eaton Hall in Cheshire for the Duke of Westminster, and Heythrop Hall, Oxfordshire, the latter a restoration of a fairly strict classic type. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Eaton Hall is a Country house set within a large Park in the village of Eccleston near Chester in England. Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester) is a county in North West England. The title Duke of Westminster was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Richard Grosvenor the 3rd Marquess of Westminster Heythrop Hall is a seventeenth century house in Oxfordshire. History It was built by the architect Thomas Archer (1668–1743 on the commission of Charles History See also History of Oxfordshire The county of Oxfordshire was formed in the early years of the 10th century and is broadly situated in the [3]
Waterhouse received, without competition, the commission to build the Natural History Museum in South Kensington (1873–1881), a design which marks an epoch in the modern use of architectural terracotta and which was to become his best known work. The Natural History Museum is one of three large Museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London (the others are the Science Museum South Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Terracotta, in its unglazed form became fashionable as an architectural ceramic construction material in England in the 1860s and in the United States in the 1870s Waterhouse's other works in London included the National Liberal Club (a study in Renaissance composition), University College Hospital, the Surveyors' Institution in London's Great George Street (1896), and the Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine in Chelsea (1895). The National Liberal Club, known to its members as the NLC, is a London gentlemen's club, now also open to women which was established by William University College Hospital is a Teaching hospital in London, England, part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Chelsea is an area of south-west London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year [3]
From the late 1860s, Waterhouse lived in the Reading area and was responsible for several significant buildings there. Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 Reading (ˈrɛdɪŋ as Redding) is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between These included his own residences of Foxhill House (1868) and Yattendon Court (1877), together with Reading Town Hall (1875) and Reading School (1870). Foxhill House is a Gothic revival style building on the Whiteknights campus of the University of Reading at Earley, adjoining the English Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Museum of Reading (run by the Reading Museum Service) is in the old Town Hall in Reading in the English county of Berkshire. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Reading School is a Grammar school in the town of Reading, Berkshire, England. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Foxhill House is still in use by the University of Reading, as are his Whiteknights House (built for his father) and East Thorpe House (built in 1880 for Alfred Palmer). The University of Reading is a University in the English town of Reading Berkshire The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL was founded by the University of Reading, England, in 1951 to record the changing face of farming and the countryside Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Alfred Palmer (1852-cir 1936 was a member of the Palmer family proprietors of the Huntley & Palmers biscuit manufacturers of Reading in England. [1]
For the Prudential Assurance Company, Waterhouse designed many offices, including their Holborn Bars head office in Holborn and branch offices in Southampton, Nottingham and Leeds. Prudential plc () is a United Kingdom -based financial services company Holborn (ˈhoʊbɚn or /ˈhoʊbɝːn/ "ho bun" is an area of Central London, England Southampton ( IPA /ˌsaʊθˈhæmptən/ is the largest city in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England Nottingham ( is a city in the Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England He also designed offices for the National Provincial Bank in Piccadilly (1892) and in Manchester. National Westminster Bank Plc, or NatWest as it is commonly known is a Commercial bank in the United Kingdom which has been part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Piccadilly is a major London street running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Liverpool Infirmary was Waterhouse's largest hospital; and St. Mary's Hospital in Manchester, the Alexandra Hospital in Rhyl, and extensive additions at the Nottingham General Hospital, also involved him. Liverpool Infirmary was founded in 1743, took 6 years to build and was opened by the Earl of Derby on March 25 1749. St Mary's Hospital for Women and Children is a Hospital in Manchester, England. Alexandra Hospital ( Abbreviation: AH; Chinese: 亚历山大医院 is a 400-bed Hospital located in the south-western part of Singapore Rhyl ((ə r̥ɨl Welsh Y Rhyl) is a seaside town on the Irish Sea, in the county of Denbighshire (within the preserved Nottingham General Hospital (founded in 1782 and closed in 1992) was the first properly constituted hospital in Nottingham, England. He was involved in a series of works for the Victoria University of Manchester, of which he was made LL. The Victoria University of Manchester (commonly known as the University of Manchester) was a University in Manchester, England. D. in 1895. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year [3]
Other educational buildings designed by Waterhouse include Yorkshire College, Leeds (1878), the Victoria Building for the Liverpool University College (now University of Liverpool) (1885), St Paul's School in Hammersmith (1881); and the Central Technical College in London's Exhibition Road (1881). The University of Leeds is a major teaching and research University in Leeds, West Yorkshire; one of the largest in the United Kingdom with Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The grade II listed red-brick Victoria Building, designed by architect Alfred Waterhouse was opened in 1892 and is a well known landmark in The University of Liverpool The University of Liverpool is a University in the city of Liverpool, England. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common St Paul's School is a boys' Independent school, founded in 1509 by John Colet. Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, approximately 5 miles (8km west of Charing Cross on Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The City and Guilds of London Institute ( City & Guilds) is a United Kingdom examining and accreditation body for vocational managerial and engineering training offering Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common [3]
Among works not already mentioned are the Cambridge Union building and subsequently a similar building for the Oxford Union; Strangeways Prison; St Margaret's School in Bushey; the Metropole Hotel in Brighton; Hove Town Hall; Knutsford town hall; Alloa Town Hall; St. Elisabeth's church in Reddish; Darlington town clock, covered market hall and Backhouse's Bank (now Barclay's Bank); the King's Weigh House chapel in Mayfair, Hutton Hall in Yorkshire, St. The Cambridge Union Society, commonly referred to simply as the Cambridge Union, is a debating society in Cambridge, England and is the Status and membership The Oxford Union is an Unincorporated association, holding its property in trust in favour of its objectives and members and governed HM Prison Manchester is a Prison located in the city of Manchester, England, also known (now unofficially since it was renamed in the 1990s For other meanings see Bushi and similar. Bushey (population 24000 is a Town in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire Brighton ( is a town on the south coast of England and with its neighbour Hove, forms the city of Brighton and Hove. Knutsford is a town and Civil parish within the Borough of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, located south-west of Manchester Reddish is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. The King's Weigh House was originally a Congregational Church in London History It was formed around 1695 when Thomas Reynolds was Mayfair is an area of central London, England, within the City of Westminster. Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Mary's Church in Twyford, Hampshire (1878) shows interestingly similar patterning to the Natural History Museum and was designed at the same time. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Natural History Museum is one of three large Museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London (the others are the Science Museum [3]
Recognition
Waterhouse became a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1861, and was President from 1888 to 1891. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA is a Professional body for Architects in the United Kingdom. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He obtained a grand prix for architecture at the Paris Exposition of 1867, and a "Rappel" in 1878. In 1864 it was decreed by Emperor Napoleon III that an international exposition should be held in Paris in 1867. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In the same year he received the Royal Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and was made an associate of the Royal Academy, of which body he became a full member in 1885 and treasurer in 1898. The Royal Gold Medal for Architecture is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects on behalf of the British monarch in recognition of an individual's This article refers to an art institution in London For other meanings of Royal Academy see Royal Academy (disambiguation. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He was also a member of the academies of Vienna (1869), Brussels (1886), Antwerp (1887), Milan (1888) and Berlin (1889), and a corresponding member of the Institut de France (1893). Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common ||-||-||-||} Antwerp ( Dutch:, French: Anvers) is a City and Municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Institut de France (French Institute is a French Learned society, grouping five académies, the most famous of which is probably the Académie Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common After 1886 he was constantly called upon to act as assessor in architectural competitions, and was a member of the international jury appointed to adjudicate on the designs for the west front of Milan Cathedral in 1887. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Milan Cathedral (Italian Duomo di Milano; Milanese: Domm de Milan) is the Cathedral Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In 1890 he served as architectural member of the Royal Commission on the proposed enlargement of Westminster Abbey as a place of burial. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large mainly Gothic church [3]
Later life
Waterhouse retired from architecture in 1902, having practiced in partnership with his son, Paul Waterhouse, from 1891. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Paul Waterhouse, ( October 29, 1861 - December 19, 1924) son and business partner of Alfred Waterhouse and father of Michael Waterhouse Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He died at Yattendon Court on the 22 August 1905. Yattendon is a Village and Civil parish, situated between Newbury and Reading close to the M4 motorway, in the English Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting [1][3]
See also
- Alfred Waterhouse buildings
References
- ^ a b c d Royal Berkshire History — Alfred Waterhouse (1830–1905). David Nash Ford (2003). Retrieved on 2005-06-29. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland.
- ^ Waterhouse, Edwin (1988). in Edgar Jones: The Memoirs of Edwin Waterhouse. Batsford. ISBN 0713455799.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
- ^ Natural History Museum Archive Catalogue - Alfred Waterhouse. Natural History Museum. Retrieved on 2007-11-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all
External links
- Photograph of Backhouse Bank, High Row, Darlington
- Photograph of The Town Clock, Darlington
- Waterhouse - the firm of architects still survives today
- St. Mary's Church, Twyford
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