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See also:BLOMFIELD, See also:SIR See also: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 (1829-1899) , See also:English architect, son of See also:Bishop C. J. Blomfield, was See also:born on the 6th of See also:March 1829, and educated at See also:Rugby and Trinity, See also:Cambridge. He was then articled as an architect to P. C. Hardwick, and subsequently obtained a large practice on his own See also:account. He became See also:president of the Architectural Association in 1861, and a See also:fellow (1867) and See also:vice-president (1886) of the Royal See also:Institute of See also:British Architects. In 1887 he became architect to the See also:Bank of See also:England, and designed the See also:law courts See also:branch in See also:Fleet See also:Street, and he was associated with A. E. Street in the See also:building of the law courts. In 1889 he was knighted. He died on the 3oth of See also:October 1899.
He was twice married, and brought up two sons, See also:Charles J. Blomfield and Arthur Conran Blomfield, to his ownprofession, of which they became distinguished representatives. Among the numerous churches which Sir Arthur Blomfield designed, his See also:work at St Saviour's, See also:Southwark, is a notable example of his use of revived See also:Gothic, and he was highly regarded as a restorer.
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