William Chambers

male, deceased (1796)
Sir William Chambers, was a Scottish architect, born in Gothenburg, Sweden, where his father was a merchant. Between 1740 and 1749 he was employed...
Mikhail Piotrovsky

Mikhail Piotrovsky

male, 65 years old
Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky is Director of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. He was born in Yerevan on 9 November 1944 to Boris...
James Wyatt

James Wyatt

male, deceased (1813)
James Wyatt, was an English architect, a rival of Robert Adam in the neoclassical style, who far outdid Adam in his work in the neo-Gothic style.
Salomon de Caus

Salomon de Caus

male, deceased (1626)
Salomon de Caus (born 1576 in Dieppe; died 1626) was a French engineer and once (falsely) credited with the development of the steam engine....
James Pennethorne

James Pennethorne

male, deceased (1871)
Sir James Pennethorne was a notable 19th century English architect and planner, particularly associated with buildings and parks in central London....
Thomas Hardwick

Thomas Hardwick

male, deceased (1829)
Thomas Hardwick (1752-1829) was an eminent English architect and was a founding member of the Architect's Club in 1791.
Brook Taylor

Brook Taylor

male, deceased (1731)
Brook Taylor ('teɪlə(r))(August 18, 1685 - November 30, 1731) was an English mathematician. His is the name that is attached to Taylor's theorem an...
Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

male, deceased (1785)
Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-1785), Italian painter and engraver, Pistoiese by descent, was born in Florence.

Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset

male, deceased (1552)
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. 1506 - January 22, 1552) was Lord Protector of England in the period between the death of King Henry VIII...
Agostino Carlini

Agostino Carlini

male, deceased (1790)
Agostino Carlini (1718?-August 1790) was an Italian-born sculptor (born in Genoa) who settled in England. He was also one of the founder members of...