SIR ARTHUR WILLIAM BLOMFIELD (1829-1899)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V04,
Page 76
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
SIR ARTHUR See also: - WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM BLOMFIELD (1829-1899)
, English architect, son of Bishop C
.
J
.
Blomfield, was born on the 6th of March 1829, and educated at Rugby and Trinity, Cambridge
.
He was then articled as an architect to P
.
C
.
Hardwick, and subsequently obtained a large practice on his own account
.
He became president of the Architectural Association in 1861, and a fellow (1867) and vice-president (1886) of the Royal Institute of British Architects
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In 1887 he became architect to the Bank of England, and designed the law courts branch in Fleet Street, and he was associated with A
.
E
.
Street in the building of the law courts
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In 1889 he was knighted
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He died on the 3oth of October 1899
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He was twice married, and brought up two sons, Charles J
.
Blomfield and Arthur Conran Blomfield, to his ownprofession, of which they became distinguished representatives
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Among the numerous churches which Sir Arthur Blomfield designed, his work at St Saviour's, Southwark, is a notable example of his use of revived Gothic, and he was highly regarded as a restorer
.
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