See also:GEORGE See also:EDMUND See also:STREET (1824-1881)
, See also:English architect, was See also:born at See also:Woodford in See also:Essex on the loth of See also:June 1824
.
He was the third son of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Street, See also:solicitor, by his second wife, See also:Mary See also:Anne Millington
.
See also:George went to school at See also:Mitcham in about 1830, and later to the See also:Camberwell collegiate school, which he See also:left in 1839
.
For a few months he was in his See also:father's business in Philpot See also:Lane, but on his father's See also:death he went to live with his See also:mother and See also:sister at See also:Exeter
.
There his thoughts first turned to See also:architecture, and in 1841 his mother obtained a See also:place for him as 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 in the See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office of Mr See also:Owen See also:Carter at See also:Winchester
.
Afterwards he worked for five years as an " improver " with See also:Sir George See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert See also:Scott in See also:London
.
At an See also:early See also:age Street became deeply interested in the principles of See also:Gothic architecture, and devoted an unsparing amount of 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 and labour to studying and sketching the finest examples of See also:medieval buildings in See also:England and on the See also:Continent
.
His first See also:commission was for the designing of Biscoray 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, See also:Cornwall
.
In 1849 he took an office of his own
.
He was a draughtsman of a very high See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order; his sketches are masterpieces of spirit and brilliant See also:touch
.
In 1855 he published a very careful and well-illustrated See also:work on The See also:Brick and See also:Marble Architecture of See also:Northern See also:Italy, and in 1865 a See also:book on The Gothic Architecture of See also:Spain, with very beautiful drawings by his own See also:hand
.
Street's See also:personal See also:taste led him in most cases to select for his See also:design the 13th-See also:century Gothic of England or See also:France, his knowledge of which was very See also:great, especially in the skilful use of See also:rich See also:mouldings
.
By far the See also:majority of the buildings erected by him were for ecclesiastical uses, the See also:chief being the See also:convent of See also:East Grinstead, the theological See also:college at Cuddesden and a very large number of churches, such as St See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip and 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 at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, St See also:John's at See also:Torquay, All See also:Saints' at See also:Clifton, St Saviour's at See also:Eastbourne, St See also:Margaret's at See also:Liverpool and St Mary Magdalene, See also:Paddington
.
His largest See also:works were the See also:nave of See also:Bristol See also:Cathedral, the See also:choir of the cathedral of See also:Christ Church in See also:Dublin, and, above all, the new courts of See also:justice in London
.
The competition for this was prolonged and much diversity of See also:opinion was expressed
.
Thus, the See also:judges wanted Street to make the exterior arrangements and See also:Barry the interior, while a See also:special See also:committee of lawyers recommended the designs of See also:Alfred See also:Waterhouse
.
In June 1868, however, Street was appointed See also:sole architect; but the See also:building was not See also:complete at the time of his death in See also:December 188r
.
Street was elected an See also:associate of the Royal See also:Academy in 1866, and R.A. in 1871; at the time of his death he was See also:professor of architecture to the Royal Academy, where he had delivered a very interesting course of lectures on the development of medieval architecture
.
He was also See also:president of the Royal See also:Institute of See also:British Architects
.
He was a member of the Royal Academy of See also:Vienna, and in 1878, in See also:reward for drawings sent to the See also:Paris See also:Exhibition, he was made a See also:knight of the See also:Legion of See also:Honour
.
Street was twice married, first on the 17th of June 1852 to Mariquita, second daughter of See also:Robert See also:Proctor, who died in 1874, and secondly on the 11th of See also:January 1876 to Jessie, second daughter of 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 See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, who died in the same See also:year
.
The architect's own death, on the 18th of December 1881, was hastened by overwork and professional worries connected with the erection of the See also:law courts
.
He was buried on the 29th of December in the nave of See also:Westminster See also:Abbey
.
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