Giles Worsley
Giles Arthington Worsley
Family life
Giles Arthington Worsley was born on 22 March 1961[1] in North Yorkshire, being the second of three sons of Sir Marcus Worsley, 5th Baronet, and his wife the Hon. Bridget Assheton (1926–2004), a daughter of Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe. His family moved into Hovingham Hall when he was aged 12, after his father inherited the title and estate, which in 2006 was 3,000 acres.[2]
He was educated at
Worsley's mother died of cancer on 22 May 2004, and he was diagnosed with cancer in the Spring of 2005. He died in London on 17 January 2006. His funeral took place in Hovingham, North Yorkshire, on 26 January 2006. A service celebrating his life was held in London on 9 March 2006. A memorial plaque was placed at St Clement's Church, North Kensington, London.
Career
Worsley joined
In 1988 he won the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain's Essay Medal.[10] In 1995 his book Classical Architecture in Britain: the Heroic Age won the Yorkshire Post Best Art Book Award.
Honorary Positions held:
- Georgian GroupJournal, editor, 1991–94.
- Georgian Groupcommittee member.
- Somerset House Trust, member.
- The National GalleryTrustees, Building Committee member.
- Royal Fine Art Commission, member.
- Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain, Design Committee member, from 2001.
Travel Fellowship
The annual Giles Worsley Travel Fellowship was announced in February 2007 by the
Recipients and their topics:
- 2008 – Rebecca Madgin, The contemporary value of industrial architecture – the Ostiense Quarter.
- 2009 – Gwyn Lloyd Jones, Rome, a meeting ground of two architectural geniuses: Francesco Borromini and Frank Lloyd Wright.
- 2010 – Léa-Catherine Szacka, Roma Interrotta: A comparative historical analysis of the 18th Century urban project on display (1978 to 2008).
- 2011 – Rashid Ali, Architecture and urbanism of Mogadishu 1930–80.
- 2012 – Thomas Brigden, The city of Rome’s key vistas and their viewing places.
- 2013 - Tom True, "Power and place: the Marchigian cardinals of Sixtus V".
- 2014 - Ricardo Agarez, "The making of the Roman palzzina, 1930-60".
- 2015 - Mark Kelly, "Ancient and modern concrete vaulting in Rome".
- 2016 - Jana Schuster, "Living Heritage: The Adaptive Reuse of Ancient Buildings in Rome".
Books
- Architectural Drawings of the Regency Period 1790–1837 (1991) catalogue of exhibition of ISBN 978-0-233-98625-8.
- The Georgian Group Journal, and various Georgian Group Symposiums, editor, 1991–94.
- Classical Architecture in Britain: the Heroic Age (1995) Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-05896-3.
- The Life and Works of ISBN 978-0-9536574-2-1.
- England's Lost Houses: From the Archives of Country Life (2002) Aurum Press, ISBN 978-1-85410-820-3.
- The British Stable (2004) An Architectural and Social History (based on Worsley’s PhD thesis), photography by William Curtis Rolf, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-10708-1.
- Drawing from the Past: William Weddell and the Transformation of ISBN 978-0-901981-69-1.
- Inigo Jones and the European Classicist Tradition (2007) published posthumously, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-11729-5.[11]
Articles
- Gothic Architecture and Its Meanings, 1550–1830 (2002) edited by Michael Hall, based on a Georgian Group Symposium, with Giles Worsley explaining Vanbrugh's architecture in terms of the search for a national style, Spire Books, ISBN 978-0-9543615-0-1.
- Aske Hall, Yorkshire, the seat of the Marquess of Zetland, Parts I & II, Country Life, 1 March 1990 and 8 March 1990 (pages 98–103).
- Silver Tassie, Wargrave, Berkshire - 'A Home Fit for Ratty' Country Life 18 June 1992
References
- ^ The Times (London), Obituaries, 21 January 2006, page 72.
- ^ Yorkshire Post, Obituary, 28 January 2006.
- ^ "The Courtauld Institute of Art, Spring 2006 Newsletter, Issue 21, Obituaries, by Prof John Newman". Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
- ^ Daily Telegraph 26 September 1996.
- ^ Daily Telegraph 1 July 1998, and The Times 4 July 1998.
- ^ Giles Worsley Architectural Writer and Critic who Challenged Received Wisdom on Britain's Classical Heritage Daily Telegraph (London), Obituaries, 19 January 2006, page 25.
- ^ Clive Aslet, Giles Worsley, Architectural Historian The Independent (London), Obituraies, January 20, 2006, page 39.
- ^ David Cannadine, Giles Worsley: Gifted Architectural Writer whose early inspiration came from his family home Guardian (London), January 26, 2006, page 36.
- ^ Kenneth Powell, Giles Worsley 1961 – 2006, The Architects’ Journal, 26 January 2006.
- ^ "The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain – Essay Medal". Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
- ISSN 1474-0516.
External links
- Biography – The Dictionary of Art Historians
- Obituary – The Telegraph
- Obituary – The Independent
- Obituary – The Guardian
- Obituary – The Yorkshire Post
- Obituary – The Courtauld Institute of Art
- Travel Fellowship – The British School at Rome
- Travel Fellowship – RIBA
- Travel Fellowship Holders – The British School at Rome