Francis Fowke (1823 - 1865) was a British engineer and architect, and a captain in the Royal Engineers. Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of Engineering. 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 The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers ( RE) and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps Most of his architectural work was executed in the Renaissance style, although he made use of relatively new technologies to create iron framed buildings, with large open galleries and spaces. 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
Among his projects were The Prince Consort's Library in Aldershot, the Royal Albert Hall and parts of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Royal Museum in Edinburgh, and the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin. The Prince Consort's Library in Aldershot Military Town in the English County of Hampshire was founded by Prince Albert to contribute Aldershot is a town in the English County of Hampshire, located on heathland about 60 km (37 miles southwest of London. The Royal Albert Hall is an Arts venue situated in the Knightsbridge area of the City of Westminster, London, England, best known The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design housing a permanent collection London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. For other museums called the Royal Museum see Royal Museum (disambiguation. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. The National Gallery of Ireland (Ghailearaí Náisiúnta na hÉireann houses the Irish national collection of Irish and European art. He was also responsible for planning the 1862 International Exhibition in London. The International Exhibition of 1862, or Great London Exposition, was a World's fair. The International Exhibition building was described as 'a wretched shed' by The Art Journal; The Crystal Palace at the Great Exhibition of 1851 being a hard act to follow. The Art Journal, published in London, was the most important Victorian journal on art The Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and Glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the The Great Exhibition, also known as Crystal Palace, was an international exhibition that was held in Hyde Park, London, England, from 1
Before his sudden death he won the competition for the design of the Natural History Museum, although he did not live to see it executed. The Natural History Museum is one of three large Museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London (the others are the Science Museum His renaissance designs for the museum were altered and realised in the 1870s by Alfred Waterhouse, on the site of Fowke's Exhibition building. Alfred Waterhouse (19 July 1830 – 22 August 1905 was an English Architect, particularly associated with the Victorian Gothic revival.
He died in 1865 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. Brompton Cemetery is located near Earl's Court in West Brompton, a part of the Borough of Kensington & Chelsea in west London England [1]
A medal was issued by the Royal Engineers in 1865, as a memorial prize for architectural works carried out by members of the corps.
External links
- Royal Engineers Museum - Biography of Captain Francis Fowke
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