John Soane
Sir John Soane (10 September 1753 – 20 January 1837) was an English architect. He was knighted in 1831. He was the greatest architect of his day. His house in Lincoln's Inn Fields is now Sir John Soane's Museum and is open to the public. On 15 November 1821 Soane was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[1][2]
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 Portrait painted by Thomas Lawrence | |
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| Name | John Soane |
| Birth date | 10 September 1753 |
| Birth place | Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England |
| Date of death | 20 January 1837 (aged 83) |
| Place of death | 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, England |
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John Soane Media
John Soane by Christopher William Hunneman in 1776
Statue of Sir John Soane at the Bank of England, London
Ceiling in the Bourgeois Mausoleum, Dulwich House (Dulwich Picture Gallery)
Bank of England Entrance facade, 1818–1827
Ground plan of the Bank of England
An imagined view of the Bank of England in ruins by Joseph Gandy, 1830. Sir John Soane's Museum, London.
The Secretary's Offices, Royal Hospital Chelsea 1818
Moggerhanger House in Bedfordshire (1809)
Dulwich Picture Gallery interior, 1811–1817
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References
- ↑ Darley, Gillian (1999). John Soane An Accidental Romantic. Yale University Press. p. 264. ISBN 978-0-300-08165-7.
- ↑ "John Soane and the learned societies of Somerset House". The Royal Society. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2019.