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Edward William Godwin (26 May 1833 – 6 October 1886) was a progressive English architect-designer, who began his career working in the strongly polychromatic " Ruskinian Gothic" style of mid-Victorian Britain, inspired by The Stones of Venice, then moved on to provide designs in the "Anglo-Japanese taste" of the Aesthetic movement in the ...
- May 26, 1833, Bristol, England
- Ellen Terry (1868–1875)
- October 6, 1886 (aged 53), London, England
Edward Godwin (born May 26, 1833, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England—died October 6, 1886, London) was a British architect, designer, and writer notable for his contributions to the English Aesthetic movement in design, which drew its inspiration mainly from East Asia, particularly from Japan. In 1854 Godwin set up his own practice ...
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Nov 18, 1999 · Introduction Edward William Godwin (26 May 1833 – 6 October 1886) was a progressive English architect-designer, who began his career working in the strongly polychromatic "Ruskinian Gothic" style of mid-Victorian Britain, inspired by The Stones of Venice, then moved on to provide designs in the "Anglo-Japanese taste" of the Aesthetic movement in the 1870s, after coming into contact with ...
Nov 7, 2006 · Edward William Godwin (1835-1886) was born in Bristol, the son of a prosperous currier and leather cutter; after being educated at Exton School, Highbury, London, he returned to Bristol and was articled to William Armstrong, City Surveyor, Architect and Civil Engineer -- with the emphasis very much on the "engineer." So little was known of ...
English architect, designer, and writer, from Bristol, who received his early training under William Armstrong (d. 1858). In 1856 he joined his brother Joseph Lucas Godwin, civil engineer, in the North of Ireland, and designed three RC churches whilst there, all Gothic, and all in Co. Donegal. They are at St Johnstown (1857–60 ...
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The Architects” Edward W. Godwin. The Bedford Park Society. • The Victorian Web. Edward Edward Godwin [also known as E.W. Godwin] was born in Bristol, England on 26 May 1833 and was the son of William Godwin (c.1794–1846), a partner in Godwin, Smith & Co., a building and decorating firm. After serving his articles with the architect ...
Dec 11, 2023 · The majority of readers are more curious about persons than concerned for the things they created.”15 Harbron’s book, The Conscious Stone: The Life of Edward William Godwin (1949), went some way toward setting the record straight and identifying the range of Godwin’s achievements, but it did not have the authority of a monograph such as ...
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