William Wilkins

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British architect architect human

William Wilkins was a prominent early 19th-century British architect best known for his neoclassical designs, including major public buildings and educational institutions.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British architect → architect → human →
activeIn	early 19th century →
architecturalStyle	Neoclassical architecture →
basedIn	London →
countryOfCitizenship	Great Britain → United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1778-08-31 →
dateOfDeath	1839-08-31 →
educatedAt	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge NERFINISHED → Norwich School →
father	William Wilkins Sr. →
fieldOfWork	architecture → neoclassical architecture →
gender	male →
knownFor	use of Greek Revival elements →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Royal Academy →
movement	Neoclassicism →
name	William Wilkins →
notableFor	design of educational institutions → design of major public buildings →
notableWork	Balliol College, Oxford buildings → Corpus Christi College, Cambridge buildings → Downing College, Cambridge NERFINISHED → Grange Park (The Grange), Northington → King’s College London original buildings → King’s College, Cambridge buildings → National Gallery, London → Nelson’s Column base design (Trafalgar Square context buildings) → Oriel College, Oxford buildings → Pembroke College, Cambridge buildings → St George’s Hospital, Hyde Park Corner (former buildings) → St Paul’s Church, George Street, Nottingham → Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds → Trinity College, Cambridge buildings → University College London main building → University College, Oxford buildings →
occupation	academic → architect →
placeOfBirth	Norfolk → Norwich →
placeOfDeath	London →
positionHeld	Professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy →
sibling	George Wilkins NERFINISHED →
traveledTo	Asia Minor → Greece → Italy →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
East India Company College → Haileybury College → National Gallery →	architect
William Wilkins →	name