Nicholas Hawksmoor
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Nicholas Hawksmoor was an influential English Baroque architect known for his collaboration with Christopher Wren and for designing several iconic London churches and public buildings.
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Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque architect
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English architect → architect → human → |
| architecturalStyle |
Baroque
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Baroque →
surface form: "English Baroque"
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| birthDate | 1661-01-01 → |
| burialPlace |
St Mary Woolnoth
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surface form: "St Mary Woolnoth, London"
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| collaboratedWith |
Christopher Wren
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John Vanbrugh → |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England → |
| deathDate | 1736-03-25 → |
| educatedBy | Christopher Wren → |
| employer |
Christopher Wren
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John Vanbrugh → |
| genre |
ecclesiastical architecture
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public buildings → |
| influenced | English Baroque church architecture → |
| influencedBy |
Christopher Wren
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John Vanbrugh → |
| knownFor |
collaboration with Christopher Wren
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complex and dramatic massing in church architecture → design of London churches → |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English → |
| movement |
Baroque
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surface form: "English Baroque"
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| name | Nicholas Hawksmoor → |
| notableWork |
All Souls College, Oxford (quadrangle and buildings)
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Christ Church, Spitalfields → Clarendon Building, Oxford → East front designs for Blenheim Palace → Greenwich Hospital (collaborative work) → King’s College, Cambridge →
surface form: "King’s College, Cambridge (Gibbs’ Building involvement and designs)"
Castle Howard →
surface form: "Mausoleum at Castle Howard"
St Alfege Church →
surface form: "St Alfege Church, Greenwich"
St Anne, Limehouse → St George-in-the-East → St Luke Old Street → St Mary Woolnoth → St Michael, Cornhill (tower alterations) → Tower of All Hallows, London Wall → Westminster Abbey, London →
surface form: "West towers of Westminster Abbey"
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| occupation | architect → |
| placeOfBirth |
Nottinghamshire
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surface form: "Nottinghamshire, England"
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| placeOfDeath | London, England → |
| positionHeld |
Clerk of the Works at Greenwich Hospital
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Clerk of the Works at Kensington Palace → Clerk of the Works at Westminster → Clerk of the Works at Whitehall → Deputy Surveyor of Works at Westminster Abbey → Surveyor to the Commissioners for the Building of Fifty New Churches → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Nicholas Hawksmoor buildings"
subject surface form: "John Vanbrugh"
this entity surface form: "Nicholas Hawksmoor buildings"
this entity surface form: "Nicholas Hawksmoor buildings"
subject surface form: "Westminster Abbey"