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GIUSEPPI See also:BONOMI (1739-1808)
, See also:English architect, was See also:born at See also:Rome on the 19th of See also:January 1739
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After attaining a considerable reputation in See also:Italy, he came in 1767 to See also:England, and finally settled in practice there
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He was the See also:innocent cause of the retirement of See also:Sir See also:Joshua See also:Reynolds from the See also:presidency of the Royal See also:Academy
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Sir Joshua wished him to become a full Academician, regarding him as a fitting occupant of the then vacant See also:chair of See also:perspective
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But the See also:majority of the Academicians were opposed to this See also:suggestion, and See also:Bonomi was elected an See also:associate only, and that merely by the See also:president's casting See also:vote
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Bonomi was largely responsible for the revival of classical See also:architecture in England
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His most famous See also:work was the See also:Italian See also:villa at Roseneath, See also:Dumbartonshire, designed for the See also:duke of See also:Argyll
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In 1804 he was appointed honorary architect to St See also:Peter's at Rome
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He died in See also:London on the 9th of See also: He assisted in the arrangement of the See also:Egyptian See also:court at the Crystal See also:Palace in 1853, and in 1861 was appointed See also:curator of the See also:Soane Museum . He died on the 3rd of March 1878 . |
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