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| WILKINS, WILLIAM. Adm. pens. (age 18) at CAIUS, July 5, 1796. [Eldest] s. of William, architect, of Norwich. B. there [Aug. 31, 1778]. School, Norwich (Mr Forster). Matric. Michs. 1796; B.A. (6 th Wrangler ) 1800; M.A. 1805. Fellow, 1803. University Travelling Bachelor ( Greece and Italy ), 1801-5. Master of the Perse School, 1804-6. The architect. A.R.A., 1824; R.A., 1826. F.R.S., 1831. F.S.A., 1800. Carried out a Greek design for Downing College, 1807-11. Designed Haileybury College for the East India Company, 1806; the Doric entrance to the lower Assembly rooms at Bath, 1808; the bridge of King's College, 1818, and the Hall, Provost's Lodge, Library, and stone screen of the front court, 1822; 'these buildings conceived in a bastard Gothic style, secured for their designer further instructions, happily unfulfilled, to gothicise James Gibbs's classic building on the west side of the court.' Built the New Court of Trinity, and the new buildings at Corpus in the same style. University College, Gower Street, one of his greatest works, was designed 1827-8; St George's Hospital, 1827-8, and the National Gallery, 1832-8. Professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy, 1837. Resided for many years at 36, Weymouth Street, London , and latterly in Cambridge. Married, 1811, Alicia, dau. of Matthew Murphy, of Ravendale, Lincolnshire . Author, Antiquities of Magna Graecia; Atheniensia, or Remarks on the Buildings of Athens; The Civil Architecture of Vitruvius, etc. Died Aug. 31, 1839, at his residence, Lensfield, Cambridge, on his 61st birthday; buried under the sacrarium of the chapel of Corpus, which he had erected. Father of the next and of Henry R. (1841); brother of George (1803). ( Venn, II. 130; G. Mag., 1839, II. 426; D.N.B. ) | William WILKINS Approx. lifespan: 1778–1839 pens. aged 18 Gonville & Caius College adm1796:07:05 Eldest s. of William WILKINS Architect of: Norwich, [ Norfolk ] b. there 1778:08:31 ]. Sch: Norwich School Norwich, [ Norfolk ] ( Mr – FORSTER ) Matric 1796:10MT: BA 6 th Wrangler 1800 MA 1805 Fellow 1803 University Travelling Bachelor ( Greece and Italy ) 1801-05 Master of: : Sch: Perse School, [ Cambridgeshire ] 1804-06 The Architect: A.R.A. 1824 R.A. 1826 FRS 1831 FSA 1800 Carried out a Greek design for Downing College 1807-11 Sch: Designed Haileybury College Designed Haileybury, [ Hertfordshire ] for the East India Company 1806 the Doric entrance to the lower Assembly rooms Bath, [ Somerset ] 1808 the bridge of King's College 1818 and the Hall, Provost's Lodge, Library and stone screen of the front court 1822 'these buildings conceived in a bastard Gothic style, secured for their designer further instructions, happily unfulfilled, to gothicise James Gibbs' classic building on the west side of the court.' Built the New Court of Trinity College, and the new buildings at Corpus Christi College in the same style. Sch: University College, [ London ] Gower Street, one of his greatest works, was designed 1827-28 St George's Hospital [ London ] 1827-28 and the National Gallery, [ London ] 1832-38 Professor of: Architecture at the Royal Academy 1837 Resided for many years 36 Weymouth Street, London and latterly CB, [ Cambridgeshire ] m. 1811 Alicia MURPHY dau. of Matthew MURPHY of Ravendale, Lincolnshire Publ.: Antiquities of Magna Graecia; Atheniensia, or Remarks on the Buildings of Athens; The Civil Architecture of Vitruvius etc. d. 1839:08:31 at his residence, Lensfield CB, [ Cambridgeshire ] on his 61st birthday buried under the sacrarium of the chapel of Corpus Christi College, which he had erected. father of William Bushby WILKINS (1832) father of of Henry R. WILKINS (1841) brother of George WILKINS (1803) ( Venn II. 130; G. Mag 1839, II. 426; D.N.B. ) [add:]According to the Census of 1851 his mother's name was Alicia, aged 60, born in Dublin, [ Ireland ], with a dau., Alicia, aged 33[:add] [add:]His wid. died in 1855; her dau. married, after a long engagement, W.T. Kingsley; she died 1859, in her first confinement; he died 1916:07:03 aged 101[:add] [add:]Bust, by E.H. Baily, 1830, at Trinity College [:add] [add:](P.J. Barnwell; Romilly, 1855:11:17; Atkinson, 454)[:add] |