biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1795–1860)
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| biography:
| Architect, born in London, UK. He was apprenticed to a firm of surveyors before going to Italy (1817–20). On his return, he designed the Travellers' Club (1831), the Manchester Athenaeum (1836), the Reform Club (1837), and the new Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament, 1840–70), completed after his death by his son Edward Middleton Barry (1830–80). His work showed the influence of the Italian Renaissance. He was knighted in 1852. His fifth son, Sir John Wolfe-Barry (1836–1918), was engineer of the Tower Bridge and Barry Docks. |
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