Edward Blore
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Edward Blore was a 19th-century British architect best known for his work on major royal and ecclesiastical buildings, including the expansion and redesign of Buckingham Palace.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edward Blore canonical | 7 |
| Robert Smirke | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T558669 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Edward Blore Context triple: [Buckingham Palace, architect, Edward Blore]
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Sir John Fowler
Sir John Fowler was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer best known for his major railway works and co-designing the Forth Bridge in Scotland.
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Humphry Repton
Humphry Repton was a prominent late 18th- and early 19th-century English landscape designer known for popularizing the picturesque style and for his influential "Red Books" of illustrated garden and estate plans.
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C.
Sir John Soane
Sir John Soane was a renowned 18th–19th century British neoclassical architect best known for designing the Bank of England and for his influential, artifact-filled London home now preserved as Sir John Soane’s Museum.
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Charles Barry
Charles Barry was a prominent 19th-century English architect best known for designing the Houses of Parliament in London and contributing significantly to the Gothic Revival style.
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E.
George Gilbert Scott
George Gilbert Scott was a prominent 19th-century English architect best known for his prolific Gothic Revival church and public building designs across Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Edward Blore Target entity description: Edward Blore was a 19th-century British architect best known for his work on major royal and ecclesiastical buildings, including the expansion and redesign of Buckingham Palace.
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A.
Sir John Fowler
Sir John Fowler was a prominent 19th-century British civil engineer best known for his major railway works and co-designing the Forth Bridge in Scotland.
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B.
Humphry Repton
Humphry Repton was a prominent late 18th- and early 19th-century English landscape designer known for popularizing the picturesque style and for his influential "Red Books" of illustrated garden and estate plans.
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C.
Sir John Soane
Sir John Soane was a renowned 18th–19th century British neoclassical architect best known for designing the Bank of England and for his influential, artifact-filled London home now preserved as Sir John Soane’s Museum.
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D.
Charles Barry
Charles Barry was a prominent 19th-century English architect best known for designing the Houses of Parliament in London and contributing significantly to the Gothic Revival style.
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E.
George Gilbert Scott
George Gilbert Scott was a prominent 19th-century English architect best known for his prolific Gothic Revival church and public building designs across Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British architect
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architect ⓘ human ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | England ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | England ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1787-09-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1879-09-04 ⓘ |
| employer |
British royal family
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Office of Works (United Kingdom) ⓘ |
| familyName | Blore ⓘ |
| father | Thomas Blore ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Gothic Revival architecture
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architecture ⓘ ecclesiastical architecture ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| hasWorkLocation |
England
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| knownFor |
design of major ecclesiastical buildings
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design of major royal buildings ⓘ expansion and redesign of Buckingham Palace ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Edward Blore self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableProjectType |
country houses
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ecclesiastical buildings ⓘ royal residences ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alnwick Castle restoration
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Buckingham Palace ⓘ Buckingham Palace ⓘ
surface form:
Buckingham Palace east front
Buckingham Palace redesign and expansion ⓘ Government House, Sydney ⓘ Lambeth Palace ⓘ St James’s Palace alterations ⓘ Vorontsov Palace ⓘ
surface form:
Vorontsov Palace, Alupka
Westminster Abbey restoration work ⓘ Windsor Castle work ⓘ |
| occupation |
antiquarian
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architect ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Derby
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Derbyshire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| positionHeld |
Surveyor of the Fabric of Westminster Abbey
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architect to the Church Commissioners ⓘ |
| style |
Gothic Revival
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Tudor Revival ⓘ |
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Subject: Edward Blore Description of subject: Edward Blore was a 19th-century British architect best known for his work on major royal and ecclesiastical buildings, including the expansion and redesign of Buckingham Palace.
Referenced by (8)
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