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Robert Willis (1800-1875) and the Foundation of Architectural History
Alexandrina Buchanan
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Description for Robert Willis (1800-1875) and the Foundation of Architectural History
Hardback. The first full-scale biography of Robert Willis, the "founding father" of architectural history. Series: History of the University of Cambridge. Num Pages: 470 pages, 83, 49 black & white illustrations, 34 black & white line drawings, 49 black and white, 3. BIC Classification: 3JH; AM; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 183 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1366.
The first full-scale biography of Robert Willis, the "founding father" of architectural history. WINNER of the Cambridge Association for Local History book award 2016 Robert Willis was the archetypal nineteenth-century polymath. Officially, as Jacksonian Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, he specialized in the study of mechanism, which he also taught at the Royal School of Mines in London. In the field of science he was an experimentalist, inventor and educational innovator. Meanwhile, in his spare time, he pursued his passion, pioneering the serious study of architectural history. Initially his ... Read more
The first full-scale biography of Robert Willis, the "founding father" of architectural history. WINNER of the Cambridge Association for Local History book award 2016 Robert Willis was the archetypal nineteenth-century polymath. Officially, as Jacksonian Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, he specialized in the study of mechanism, which he also taught at the Royal School of Mines in London. In the field of science he was an experimentalist, inventor and educational innovator. Meanwhile, in his spare time, he pursued his passion, pioneering the serious study of architectural history. Initially his ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
Number of Pages
470
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843838005
SKU
V9781843838005
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Reviews for Robert Willis (1800-1875) and the Foundation of Architectural History
A work of outstanding scholarship, comprehensive in its coverage of Willis's life and activities, elegantly written, eminently readable, well-illustrated and meticulously referenced.. [A] superbly scholarly volume of lasting value. It will not be superseded for several generations.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL
[A] meticulous, well-crafted intellectual biography.... If Willis had anything to say about the matter, then this is the intellectual ... Read more
ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL
[A] meticulous, well-crafted intellectual biography.... If Willis had anything to say about the matter, then this is the intellectual ... Read more