Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
William Kent (c. 1685 – 12 April 1748) was an English architect, landscape architect, painter and furniture designer of the early 18th century.He began his career as a painter, and became Principal Painter in Ordinary or court painter, but his real talent was for design in various media.
William Kent was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1919. During the Great Depression, his family struggled to make ends meet. However, Kent shone with his skill to play the piano and his high reading ability. In 1940, Kent was drafted into the US Navy and served at the Naval Station at Great Lakes as a storekeeper.
The final of the three well-known architects to work at Wilton (and the only one well documented) was to prove the most controversial. His work took eleven years to complete. James Wyatt was an architect who often employed the neo-classical style, but at Wilton for reasons known only to architect and client he used the Gothic style. Since the ...
Originally created for Claremont House, it represents the work of some of the best known landscape gardeners, such as Charles Bridgeman, Capability Brown, William Kent and Sir John Vanbrugh. Work on the gardens began around 1715 and by 1727 they were described as "the noblest of any in Europe".
(audio via YouTube) Peter Dawson (1882–1961), Australian baritone; With chorus and orchestra Recorded 1918 Side B: "D'ye ken John Peel" Zonophone Record – The Twin™ 1841 British Zonophone Co., Ltd., England Matrix runout (Side B label): X-3-42886 (audio via YouTube) OCLC 317415992. Tune Twisters "Pepsi-Cola Hits the Spot" (1939) (audio ...
This page was last edited on 16 February 2022, at 18:00 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
Discover the best free online games at AOL.com - Play board, card, casino, puzzle and many more online games while chatting with others in real-time.
William Thomas Kent (April 29, 1886 [1] - October 5, 1945) was an American stage actor who later appeared in sound films. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and died in New York City . Kent's career traversed many forms of entertainment (i.e. Broadway , vaudeville , burlesque , minstrel (at age 14), circus, and silent and sound films).