Francis Fowke
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Francis Fowke (7 July 1823 – 4 December 1865) was an Irish
Fowke was born in
Among his projects were the
Parliament declined the Government's proposal to purchase the building; the materials were sold and used for the construction of Alexandra Palace.
Before his sudden death from a burst blood vessel, he won the competition for the design of the Natural History Museum, although he did not live to see it executed. His renaissance designs for the museum were altered and realised in the 1870s by Alfred Waterhouse, on the site of Fowke's Exhibition building.
He died in 1865 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
A medal was issued by the Royal Engineers in 1865, as a memorial prize for architectural works carried out by members of the corps. With the demise of great architectural works the prize has transformed into the prize awarded to the top student on the Royal Engineers Clerks of Works course.
Gallery of architectural work
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Victoria & Albert Museum, north side of garden, original main entrance -
Royal Albert Hall -
Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art (Royal Museum) -
Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art (Royal Museum), main hall
References
- ^ exhibition, 1862, International (1861). Some account of the buildings designed by Francis Fowke ... for the International exhibition of 1862.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Forgotten Ulster architect designed a fire engine and improved the umbrella". Newsletter. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- Royal Engineers Museum – Biography of Captain Francis Fowke
- [1] – Dictionary of Ulster Biography
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