Robert Willis (1800-1875) and the Foundation of Architectural History

(Part of the History of the University of Cambridge Series)

by Alexandrina Buchanan

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The first full-scale biography of Robert Willis, the "founding father" of architectural history.

WINNER of the Cambridge Association for Local History book award 2016

Robert Willis was the archetypal nineteenth-century polymath. Officially, as Jacksonian Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, he specialized in the study of mechanism, which he also taught at the Royal School of Mines in London...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1843838001

ISBN13:9781843838005

Release Date:August 2013

Publisher:Boydell Press

Length:470 Pages

Weight:2.91 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.9" x 9.8"

Related Subjects

Architecture Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History

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Robert Willis (1800-1875) and the Foundation of Architectural History

(Part of the History of the University of Cambridge Series)

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