William Kent

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William Kent was an influential 18th-century English architect, landscape designer, and painter who helped pioneer the naturalistic English landscape garden style.

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William Kent canonical 25

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architect ⓘ
furniture designer ⓘ
interior designer ⓘ
landscape architect ⓘ
painter ⓘ
person ⓘ
birthDate 1685-01-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Bridlington ⓘ
England ⓘ
Yorkshire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1748-04-12 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
designed Stowe landscape gardens ⓘ
surface form: Elysian Fields at Stowe

Stowe Gardens ⓘ
surface form: Temple of Venus at Stowe

cascades and water features at Rousham ⓘ
garden buildings at Stowe ⓘ
garden layout at Rousham House ⓘ
interiors and furniture for Chiswick House ⓘ
state rooms at Kensington Palace ⓘ
employer Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington ⓘ
surface form: Lord Burlington
fieldOfWork architecture ⓘ
garden design ⓘ
interior design ⓘ
landscape architecture ⓘ
painting ⓘ
genre landscape painting ⓘ
influencedBy Andrea Palladio ⓘ
Inigo Jones ⓘ
knownFor introducing Palladian architecture to England ⓘ
pioneering the naturalistic English landscape garden style ⓘ
movement English landscape garden ⓘ
Palladian architecture ⓘ
name William Kent self-link ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableWork Chiswick House ⓘ
surface form: Chiswick House gardens

Holkham Hall ⓘ
Horse Guards Parade ⓘ
surface form: Horse Guards, Whitehall

Houghton Hall ⓘ
surface form: Interiors at Houghton Hall

Kensington Gardens ⓘ
Stowe landscape gardens ⓘ
Treasury buildings, Whitehall ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
garden designer ⓘ
interior decorator ⓘ
landscape designer ⓘ
painter ⓘ
patron Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington ⓘ

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Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Houghton Hall → interiorDesigner → William Kent ⓘ
Earl of Burlington → patronOf → William Kent ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington
Stowe School → hasGroundsDesignedBy → William Kent ⓘ
Stowe landscape gardens → designedBy → William Kent ⓘ
William Kent → name → William Kent self-link ⓘ
Stowe House → associatedWithArchitect → William Kent ⓘ
Rousham → hasLandscapeDesigner → William Kent ⓘ
Charles Bridgeman → influenced → William Kent ⓘ
Chiswick House → architect → William Kent ⓘ
Chiswick House → gardenDesigner → William Kent ⓘ
Holkham Hall → architect → William Kent ⓘ
Holkham Hall → landscapeDesigner → William Kent ⓘ
Claremont House, Surrey → designedBy → William Kent ⓘ
Kent Hall → namedAfter → William Kent ⓘ
Stowe Gardens → hasArchitect → William Kent ⓘ