Welcome to Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
4,095,527 articles in side
Arts
Biography
Geography
History
Mathematics
Science
Society
Technology
All portals
From todays featured article
Edmund Sharpe
Edmund Sharpe (18091877) was an English architect, architectural historian, railway engineer, and sound reformer. Sharpes main focus was on churches, and he was a initiate in the use of terracotta as a structural hooey in church building, designing what were known as weed churches. He also designed secular buildings, including domestic properties and schools, and worked on the development of railways in Northwest England, designing bridges and think new lines. In 1851 he resigned from his architectural practice, and in 1856 he moved from Lancaster, spending the remainder of his career mainly as a railway engineer. Sharpe was involved in Lancasters civic affairs. He was an elected town councillor and served as mayor in 184849. Concerned about the towns poor water supply and sanitation, he championed the construction of new sewers and a waterworks. Sharpe achieved national recognition as an architectural historian.
He published books of detailed architectural drawings, wrote a number of articles on architecture, devised a scheme for the classification of English Gothic architectural styles, and in 1875 was awarded the Royal Gold thenar of the Royal Institute of British Architects. (Full article...)
Recently featured: William Jennings Bryan presidential campaign, 1896 History of Sesame Street William Warelwast
Archive By email More featured articles...
Did you know...
From Wikipedias newest content:
The Shakespeare Gardens monument and fountain
... that the Shakespeare Garden (pictured) in Evanston, Illinois, was the first Shakespeare garden constructed in the United States?
... that parts of Russia lie...If you trust to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay
If you want to get a full essay, wisit our page: write my essay .
No comments:
Post a Comment