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Informationen zum Autor Born in Bagdad, Florida, in 1927, Robert Willis served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. The conflict fired his desire for learning, and after the war ended, he attended Florida Southern College, the University of Texas, and capping it off with a PhD from Florida State University. Careers in higher education and, later, real estate followed. Willis has pursued writing with earnest passion since the 1960s. A fan of serious fiction, sometimes with comic overtones, he admires writers like Twain, Hemingway, even the classical bards like Shakespeare and Homer. The list goes on.... Klappentext The complete text of Willis' Architectural History of the University of Cambridge relating specifically to King's College and Eton College. Zusammenfassung This selection from the Architectural History presents in a single volume the complete text relating to King's College and Eton College and features a new introduction by David Watkin! Professor Emeritus in the History of Architecture at the Department of Art History at Cambridge University. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. History of the site of Eton (1440-49) and the site of the old court of King's (1441); 2. History and description of the buildings of the old court of King's; 3. History of the enlarged site of King's; 4. The design of the founder for the two colleges; 5. General history of the chapel and collegiate buildings of Eton, derived from the building accounts, audit-books and other sources to the end of the reign of the founder; 6. General history of the chapel and collegiate buildings of Eton, continued to the present time; 7. Comparison of the existing buildings of Eton with the will of King Henry the sixth and with the information derived from the accounts; 8. History of the separate buildings of Eton: chapel, hall, library, Provost's lodge etc; 9. History of King's College Chapel; 10. Comparison of King's College Chapel with the will of King Henry the sixth and with the information derived from the accounts; 11. History of the King's College Chapel, continued to the present time; 12. History of the separate buildings of King's College; Chronological summary; Appendix....
