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Built old St. Paul's, in 1033.

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Baptistery of Pisa, near the Campo Santo. His works were in the Lom. bard style, and were overloaded with minute ornaments.

The Tower of St. Mark at Venice, which is three hundred and thirty feet high and forty feet square, built in 1154; a design for enlarging the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, at Florence, of which the master-walls still exist; the Vicaria and the Castello del' Novo, at Naples; Church of St. Andrew, at Pistola; la Casa della Citta; Campanile at Arezzo.

The Leaning Tower at Pisa, built in 1174. Bonnano and Tomaso, two sculptors of Pisa, were also engaged upon it.

Canterbury Cathedral.

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Began London Bridge.

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Continued the erection of St. Peter's at Rome after the death of Bramante, his master in architecture; engaged on the buildings of the Farnese Palace; Church of Santa Maria, in Navicella, repaired and altered; stables of Agostino, near the Palazzo Farnese; Palazzo Caffarelli, now Stoppani; the gardens of the Vatican; the façade of the Church of San Lorenzo, and of the Palazzo Uggoccioni, now Pandolfini, at Florence.

Supposed to have designed Henry VII.'s Chapel, where he was master of the works.

Plan of the Cathedral of Salamanca, etc.

Library of the Medici, generally called the Laurentian Library, at Florence; model for the façade of the Church of San Lorenzo, commonly called the Capella dei Depositi; Church San Giovanni, which he did not finish; fortifications at Florence and at Monte San Miniato; monument of Julius II., in the Church of San Pietro in Vincoli, at Rome; plan of the Cam. pidoglio, Palace of the Conservatori, building in the centre, and the flight of steps in the Campidoglio, or Capitol, at Rome; continuation of the Palace Farnese and several gates at Rome, particularly the Porta Nomentana or Pia; steeple of St. Michaele, at Ostia; the gate to the Vineyard del Patriarea Grimani; Tower of S. Lorenzo, at Ardea; Church of Santa Maria, in the Certosa, at Rome; many plans of palaces, churches, and chap. els. He was employed on St. Peter's after the death of San Sallo.

The Chapel Royal at Seville.

Royal Palace of Granada.

Caius College, Cambridge. A good specimen of the architecture of the day.

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Altered Michael Angelo's design for St. Peter's at Rome from a Greek to a Latin cross; began the palace of Urban VIII.

Author of "The Elements of Archi tecture," published in London in

1624.

Banqueting House; chapel, Lincoln's Iun; Surgeons' Hall; arcade, Convent Garden, London; and a vase number of other important works. Façade of the Louvre, Chapel of Sceaux, Chapel of Notre Dame in the Church of the Petits Pères.

St. Paul's; planned the city of London after the fire, nearly all the churches therein, Hampton Court, etc.

The dome of the Hôtel des Invalides,

Gallerie du Palais Royal, the Place de Louis de Grand, that des Victoires, etc. He was the nephew of François Mansard, the reputed inventor of the Mansard roof.

L'Hôtel de Vendôme, in the Rue d'Enfer, at Paris. He was employed much in Russia by Peter the Great. Theatre at Verona, theatre at Vienna; author of two books on architecture. Radcliffe's Library, Oxford; the new church in the Strand; St. Martin's-inthe-Fields; King's College, Royal Library, and Senate House, Cambridge.

Somerset House and many other works; author of a treatise on civil architec ture. Architect to George III.; author of a work on the ruins of Spalatro. His principal works are the Register Office at Edmburgh, infirmary at Glasgow, the Edinburgh University, Luton House, Adelphi Terrace. Bank of England, Board of Trade, State-Paper Office.

Architect of the Tuileries; restorations, etc., at Louvie and Tuileries.

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The earliest, in modern times, who practised solely mediæval art; restoration of Ely and other cathedrals; altera tions at various colleges at Cambridge and Oxford.

The Pantheon Assembly rooms, palace at Kew, Fonthill Abbey, Doddington Hall, Ashridge House, and many res torations. Published "Specimens of Gothic Architecture," Examples of Gothic Architecture," "Antiquities of Normandy," and other works. Brighton Pavilion, Haymarket Theatre, Buckingham Palace, Regent's Park and its terraces of dwellings, Regent Street and the Quadrant improve

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JOHN HAVILAND, b. 1792, d. 1825; practised in

Principal works : Pittsburgh Penitentiary; Eastern Penitentiary at Cherry Hill; Hall of Justice, New York; Naval Asylum, Norfolk New Jersey State Penitentiary; and many other jails, asylums, and public halls.

JONATHAN PRESTON, b. 1801, d. July, 1884 ; practised in Boston, Mass,

Principal works: The first building of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the building of the Boston Society of Natural History.

WILLIAM WASHBURN, b. in Lyme, N. H., 1808, d. in Boston, No. vember 8, 1890; practised in Boston.

Principal works: The Fifth Avenue and Victoria Hotels in New York, and the Parker House, Tremont House, Revere House, Adams House, Young's Hotel, and the American House in Boston; the Tremont Temple, Boston; Charlestown City Hall, and many other public and private buildings.

THOMAS USTICK WALTER, LL.D., b. 1804, d. October 30, 1887; practised in Philadelphia, Pa.; was one of the original members of the American Institute of Architects, and president from received the degree of LL.D. from Harvard Uni

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