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Category : Ontario
Languages : en
Pages : 868
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Ontario History
Author: Canadiana
Author: A History of the Parish of Trinity Church in the City of New York: The rectorship of Dr. Hobart from February, A.D. 1816 to August, A.D. 1830
Author: Morgan DixThe Life and Times of George Penrose Woollcombe:Educator
Author: Stephen WoollcombePublisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 146028903X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
The biography of a visionary whose life and work exemplifies and reflects that period of Canada's history. It is the story of an Englishman who came to Canada with the high-minded ambition to educate new generations of citizens with the values of service and effort. On September 16, 1891, G. P. Woollcombe began teaching 17 boys in an upstairs room on Wellington Street, directly across from the Parliament Buildings. Over his next 42 years as headmaster, Ashbury College became part of the fabric of the emerging nation.
A History of the Parish of Trinity Church in the City of New York: The rectorship of Dr. Hobart, from Feb. 1816 to Aug. 1830
Author: Morgan DixReport and Abstract of Proceedings of the Croydon Microscopical and Natural History Club
Author: Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society (Croydon, London, England)Publisher:
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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A Short History of British Architecture
Author: Simon JenkinsPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 140596149X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 299
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'Provocative, elegant, intriguing - Jenkins is a bold, imaginative writer, brilliant at challenging old assumptions and encouraging you to look at British architecture in a new light' Rory Stewart The architecture of Britain is an art gallery all around us. From our streets to squares, through our cities, suburbs and villages, we are surrounded by magnificent buildings of eclectic styles. A Short History of British Architecture is the gripping and untold story of why Britain looks the way it does, from prehistoric Stonehenge to the lofty towers of today. Bestselling historian Simon Jenkins traces the relentless battles over the European traditions of classicism and gothic. He guides us from the gothic cathedrals of Lincoln, Ely and Wells to the ‘prodigy’ houses of the Tudor renaissance, and visits the great estates of Georgian London, the docks of Liverpool, the mills of Yorkshire and the chapels of south Wales. The arrival of modernism in the twentieth century politicised public taste, upheaved communities and sought to reconstruct entire cities. It produced Coventry Cathedral and Lloyd’s of London, but also the brutalist monoliths of Sheffield’s Park Hill, Glasgow’s Cumbernauld and London’s South Bank. Only in the 1970s did the public at last give voice to what became the conservation revolution – a movement in which Jenkins played a leading role, both as deputy chairman of English Heritage and chairman of the National Trust, and in the saving of iconic buildings such as St Pancras International and Covent Garden. Jenkins shows that everyone is a consumer of architecture and makes the case for the importance of everyone learning to speak its language. A Short History of British Architecture is a celebration of our national treasures, a lament of our failures – and a call to arms.
A History of the Parish of Trinity Church in the City of New York: The rectorship of Dr. Hobart, from Feb. 1816 to Aug. 1830
Author: The History and Antiquities of the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle Upon Tyne
Author: John BrandPublisher:
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Category : Newcastle upon Tyne (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Modern History
Author: Thomas SalmonPublisher:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 890
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