See also:SIR See also:CHARLES See also:BARRY (1795-1860)
, See also:English architect, was See also:born in See also:London on the 23rd of May 1795, the son of a stationer
.
He was articled to a See also:firm of architects, with whom he remained till 1817, when he set out on a three years' tour in See also:Greece and See also:Italy, See also:Egypt and See also:Palestine for the purpose of studying
See also:architecture
.
On his return to See also:England in 182o he settled in London
.
One of the first See also:works by which his abilities as an architect became generally known was the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter at See also:Brighton, completed in 1826
.
He built many other churches; but the marked preference for See also:Italian architecture, which he acquired during his travels, showed itself in various important undertakings of his earlier years
.
In 1831 he completed the Travellers' See also:Club in See also:Pall Mall, a splendid See also:work in the Italian See also:style and the first of its See also:kind built in London
.
In the same style and "on a grander See also:scale he built in 1837 the Reform Club
.
He was also engaged on numerous private mansions in London, the finest being See also:Bridgewater See also:House (1847)
.
See also:Birmingham possesses one of his best works in See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Edward's See also:grammar school, built in the Tudor style between 1833 and 1836
.
For See also:Manchester he designed the Royal Institution of See also:Fine Arts (1824) and the See also:Athenaeum (1836); and for See also:Halifax the See also:town-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall
.
He was engaged for some years in reconstructing the See also:Treasury buildings, See also:Whitehall
.
But his masterpiece, notwithstanding all unfavourable See also:criticism, is the Houses of See also:Parliament at See also:Westminster (184o-186o)
.
See also:Barry was elected A.R.A. in 184o and R.A. in the following See also:year
.
His See also:genius and achievements were recognized by the representative See also:artistic bodies of the See also:principal See also:European nations; and his name was enrolled as a member of the See also:academies of See also:art at See also:Rome, See also:Berlin, St See also:Petersburg, See also:Brussels and See also:Stockholm
.
He was chosen F.R.S. in 1849 and was knighted by See also:Queen See also:Victoria in 1852
.
He died suddenly at Clapham near London on the 12th of May 186o, and his remains were interred in Westminster See also:Abbey
.
As a landscape gardener he was no less brilliant than as an architect, and in connexion with the See also:building of the Houses of Parliament he formed See also:schools of modelling, See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone and See also:wood See also:carving, See also:cabinet-making, See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal-working, See also:glass and decorative See also:painting, and of encaustic See also:tile-making
.
In 1867 appeared a See also:life of him by his son See also:Bishop See also:Alfred Barry
.
A claim was thereupon set up on behalf of See also:Pugin, the famous architect, who was dead and who had been Barry's assistant, to a much larger See also:share in the work of designing the Houses of Parliament than was admitted in Dr Barry's narrative
.
The controversy raged for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, but without substantiating Pugin's claim
.
His second son, ALFRED BARRY (1826— ), was educated at King's See also:College, London, and Trinity College, See also:Cambridge, where he was 4th wrangler and gained a first-class in the classical tripos in 1848
.
Ile was successively sub-See also:warden of Trinity College, See also:Glenalmond (1849—1854), See also:head-See also:master of See also:Leeds grammar school (1854—1862), principal of See also:Cheltenham College (1862—1868), and principal of King's College, London (1868—1883)
.
He was See also:canon of See also:Worcester from 1871 to 1881, and of Westminster from 1881 to 1884
.
From 1884 to 1889 he served as bishop of See also:Sydney and See also:primate of See also:Australia, and on his return to England he was assistant bishop in the See also:diocese of See also:Rochester from 1889 to 1891, and See also:rector of St See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James's, Piccadilly, from 1895 to 1900
.
He was appointed canon of See also:Windsor in 1891 and assistant bishop in See also:West London in 1897
.
Besides the life of his See also:father mentioned above, he published numerous theological works
.
Another son, EDWARD See also:MIDDLETON BARRY (1830-1880), was also an architect
.
He acted as assistant to his father during the latter years of See also:Sir See also:Charles's life
.
On the See also:death of his father, the See also:duty of completing the latter's unfinished work devolved upon him
.
Amongst other buildings thus completed were the Houses of Parliament at Westminster (see ARCHITECTURE, fig
.
91, and See also:Plate X. fig
.
118), and Halifax town-hall (Id. fig
.
9o)
.
In 1861 he was elected an See also:associate of the Royal See also:Academy; and in 1869 a full academician
.
From 1873 till his death he held the Academy's professorship of architecture
.
Among other buildings designed by him were Covent See also:Garden See also:theatre, Charing See also:Cross and See also:Cannon See also:Street hotels, the Birmingham and Midland See also:Institute, new galleries for the See also:National See also:Gallery and new See also:chambers for the Inner See also:Temple
.
He died on the 27th of See also:January, 1880
.
The youngest son, SIR See also:JOHN See also:WOLFE WOLFE-BARRY (1836-
), the eminent engineer, who assumed the additional name of Wolfe in 1898, was educated at Glenalmond, and was articled as See also:engineering See also:- PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)
pupil to Sir John See also:Hawkshaw, with whom he was associated in the building of the railway See also:bridges across the
See also:Thames at Charing Cross and Cannon Street
.
In 1867 he began to practise on his own See also:account, and soon gained an extensive connexion with railway companies, both in See also:Great See also:Britain and in other countries
.
Among the works on which he was engaged were extensions of the See also:Metropolitan See also:District railway, the St See also:Paul's station and See also:bridge of the London, See also:Chatham & See also:Dover railway, the Barry Docks of the Barry railway See also:company near See also:Cardiff, and the See also:Tower and new See also:Kew bridges over the Thames
.
On the completion of the Tower Bridge in 1894, he was made a C.B., becoming K.C.B. three years later
.
He served on several royal commissions, including those on Irish Public Works (1886—189o), See also:Highlands and Islands of See also:Scotland (1889—189o), Accidents to Railway Servants (1899—1900), See also:Port of London (1900-1902), and London See also:Traffic (1903—1905)
.
He was elected See also:president of the Institution of See also:Civil See also:Engineers in 1896, and published books on Railway Appliances (1874), and, with Sir F
.
J
.
See also:Bramwell, on See also:Railways and Locomotives (1882)
.
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