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	John Soane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As his practice prospered, Soane was able to collect objects worthy of the British Museum, including the sarcophagus of Seti I, Roman bronzes from Pompeii, several Canaletto's and a collection of paintings by Hogarth.
		Among Soane's most notable works are the dining rooms of both numbers 10 and 11 Downing Street for the Prime Minister and Chancellor of Britain, the Dulwich Picture Gallery which is the archetype for most modern art galleries, and his country home at Pitzhanger Manor in Ealing.
		Soane died in London in 1837 and is buried in a vault of his own design in the churchyard of Old St.Pancras Church.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Soane (504 words)

	Soane Museum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Soane Museum is a museum of architecture, and was formerly the house and studio of Sir John Soane.
		The museum was established during Soane's own lifetime by a private Act of Parliament in 1833, which took effect on his death in 1837.
		The architectural historian Sir John Summerson was curator of the Museum from 1945 to 1984.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Soane_Museum (588 words)

	Berkshire History: Biographies: Sir John Soane (1753-1837)
		Sir John Soane was born at Whitchurch in Oxfordshire, the son of a mason, in September 1753.
		Soane was elected ARA in 1795 and RA in 1802.
		By her, he had two sons, John and George; the former died in 1823 at the age of thirty-six; with the latter he established a lifelong feud, and he is said to have declined a baronetcy in order that his son might not inherit anything from him.
	www.berkshirehistory.com /bios/jsoane.html (1060 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Arts galleries \| Sir John Soane museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sir John Soane was born the son of a bricklayer but rose to win the commission of architect to the Bank of England and became professor of architecture at the Royal Academy.
		Soane filled the study with antique marble fragments from Rome and arranged them so as to draw the viewer's eye to the beauty of their form and the variety of ornamentation.
		Soane was educated in the Renaissance and established the museum in the belief that the study of classical principles of design should be the foundation of a student's education.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/gallery/0,8542,1039541,00.html (322 words)

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		In 1778, during his studies at the Royal Academy, Soane was awarded a travelling scholarship, which he spent on developing his style in Italy.
		Among Soane's works are the dining rooms of both numbers 10 and 11 Downing Street, the Dulwich Picture Gallery, Pitshanger Manor in Ealing, and his own house, now the Soane Museum.
		In 1832 Soane received a knighthood, and in 1833 obtained an Act of Parliament, by which his house was made a national museum of architecture.
	www.informationgenius.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_soane.html (264 words)

	John Soane biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sir John Soane (10 September 1753 - 20 January 1837) was a British architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical tradition.
		In 1833 obtained an Act of Parliament, to bequethe the house and collection to the British Nation to be made into museum of architecture, now the Sir John Soane's Museum.
		Among Soane's most notable works are the dining rooms of both numbers 10 and 11 Downing Street for the Prime Minister and Chancellor of Britain, the Dulwich Picture Gallery which is the architype for most modern art galleries, and his country home at Pitshanger Manor in Ealing.
	john-soane.biography.ms (449 words)

	Sir John Soane's Museum
		John Banville was named the winner of the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction with The Sea.
		The house of Sir John Soane (1753-1837), one of England's greatest architects, is a magical showcase of architectural brilliance, invaluable collections and an eccentric mind.
		In 1833, by means of an Act of Parliament, Sir John Soane preserved the Museum which occupied No. 13 and the rear area of No. 14, stipulating that it be left "as nearly as possible in the state in which I shall leave it".
	www.mychelsea.net /chelsea/arts-soane.htm (869 words)

	John Soane, Sir Biography / Biography of John Soane, Sir Biography Biography
		Sir John Soane (1753-1837) was one of England's most original and distinguished architect in the neoclassic idiom.
		Soane's outstanding achievement was the rebuilding of the Bank of England (1788-1830), in which he gave the fullest expression to the highly personal style that he evolved.
		Soane designed his own house in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London (1812-1813), and adapted it as a museum "for the study of architecture and the allied arts"; his collection of drawings, models, casts, paintings, sculpture, antiquities, and architectural fragments survives intact, and the house is now a public museum.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-john-soane-sir/index.html (616 words)

	Sir John Soane - Great Buildings Online
		Soane Museum, at London, England, 1812 to 1834.
		John Soane was born in Goring-on-Thames in 1753.
		Soane was knighted in 1832 and in 1833 he obtained an Act of Parliament through which his house became a national architecture museum.
	www.greatbuildings.com /architects/Sir_John_Soane.html (298 words)

	The architecture of Joseph Michael Gandy (1771--1843) and Sir John Soane (1753--1837): An exploration into the Masonic ...
		There are strong parallels between Soane's use of architectural narrative and his discussion of architectural ‘model’ in relation to Gandy's understanding of ‘trans-historical’ architecture.
		Soane's Museum at Lincoln's Inn Fields provides a three dimensional encyclopedia that is an embodiment of architectural vision and memory.
		I argue that this is the architectural project through which Soane and Gandy's common interest in universal symbolism was made manifest, as evidenced by the design and presentation drawings held at the Soane Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
	repository.upenn.edu /dissertations/AAI3087403 (383 words)

	Soane, John - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Soane, John
		Soane was a master of the established conventions of classical architecture, he also developed a highly individual style based on an elegantly mannered interpretation of neoclassicism.
		He designed his own house in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London (1812–13), now Sir John Soane's Museum, which he bequeathed to the nation in 1835, together with his collection of antiques, architectural elements and casts, papers, and drawings.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Soane,+John (239 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Sir John Soane Museum, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, UK
		John Soane was born to an artisan bricklayer in 1753 and by the end of his life, this youngest son had risen from these apparently humble beginnings to become the John Paul Getty of his time: one of the finest, wealthiest, and most famous collectors that Britain has ever known.
		Soane had two sons, John and George, both of whom were rather a disappointment to him.
		Soane was in such a position of power by this point, with good friends in the government, that he was able leave the house and all its effects by an Act of Parliament.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/getwriting/A421372 (2065 words)

	The History of Sir John Soane's Museum
		The architect Sir John Soane's house, museum and library at No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields has been a public museum since the early 19th century.
		Soane demolished and rebuilt three houses in succession on the north side of Lincoln's Inn Fields, beginning with No. 12 between 1792 and 1794, moving on to No. 13, re-built in two phases in 1808-9 and 1812, and concluding with No. 14, rebuilt in 1823-24.
		In 1833 Soane negotiated an Act of Parliament to settle and preserve the house and collection for the benefit of 'amateurs and students' in architecture, painting and sculpture.
	www.soane.org /history.html (243 words)

	Sir John Soane (1753-1857) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		John Soane, the son of a bricklayer, was born near Reading, and educated there before being trained as an architect under George Dance the Younger.
		Soane's own house, designed by him, which he left to the nation as the John Soane Museum, contains many models and drawings of his works, as well as art of all kinds in what I count as one of the best smaller museums in London.
		Among other existing public buildings in London by Soane are the Dulwich Picture Gallery south of the Thames, and Pitshanger Manor in Ealing.
	www.speel.demon.co.uk /arch/soane.htm (208 words)

	Henry Soane of James City County, Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A. JOHN SOANE was born at Henrico, Virginia.
		C. JUDITH SOANE was born in 1646 at Henrico, Virginia.
		WILLIAM SOANE JR was born at Henrico, Virginia.
	members.aol.com /vafdking/soane.htm (1692 words)

	Architectural Review, The: Drawing inspiration - exhibit facility for Sir John Soane's collection of architectural ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		John Soane amassed drawings with didactic intent, his collection, now open to the public, extends from the Italian Renaissance to Regency England.
		Soane's house, which is the substance of the Museum, is an intricate fusion of living quarters and repository of the architect's invention and manifest curiosity, and is of particular delight.
		Here, while Soane's elegant architectural shell with shallow cornices, arched recesses and mouldings was extant, little record remained of the room's original furnishing or decoration - except that it is known to have constituted Soane's first use of Pompeian Red.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3575/is_n1180_v197/ai_17277338 (1025 words)

	SIR JOHN SOANE - LoveToKnow Article on SIR JOHN SOANE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		(1753-1837), English architect and art collector, was born near Reading of a humble family whose name of Swan he afterwards altered to Soan or Soane.
		He became an A.R.A in 1795, and R.A. in 1802, and professor of architecture to the Royal Academy in 1806.
		In his house in Lincolns Inn Fields he brought together a valuable antiquarian museum (now the Soane Museum), which in I835 he presented to the nation with an endowment; and there he died in 1837.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SO/SOANE_SIR_JOHN.htm (188 words)

	Inland Architect Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		With its split-level flooring and intriguing use of mirrors, the Sir John Soane Museum, which was the original home of the architect, is a must-see for anyone with a serious interest in architecture.
		In 1833, Soane negotiated an Act of Parliament to preserve the house and his collection to benefit students of architecture, an idea he had come up with in 1806 when he was appointed as professor of architecture at the Royal Academy.
		In the Cell and the Monk’s Parlour, where Soane would bring his guests to tea in the early evening, a suite of rooms were created for the monk Padre Giovanni—an invention of Soane to satirize the fashionable tendency toward the Gothic.
	www.inlandarchitectmag.com /f_sirjohn.html (1271 words)

	Art Fund : Museum Visit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Behind the modest façades of the three houses that Sir John Soane rebuilt as his home, overlooking Lincoln’s Inn Fields, is a museum which broke the mould of museums before that mould was ever made.
		Wherever you go, John Soane is at your shoulder, nudging you to notice, in his own words, ‘a succession of those fanciful effects which constitute the poetry of architecture’, looking down on you with the quizzical smile caught by Sir Thomas Lawrence in his 1828 portrait hanging over the fireplace in the Dining Room.
		John Soane, (1753—1837), was the youngest son of a Berkshire builder and bricklayer.
	www.artfund.org /main_site/artfundmags_archive.asp?id=520 (1495 words)

	Sir John Soane's Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Soane was born in 1753, the son of a bricklayer, and died after a long and distinguished career, in 1837.
		On his appointment as Professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy in 1806 Soane began to arrange the Books, casts and models in order that the students might have the benefit of easy access to them.
		By 1827, when John Britton published the first description of the Museum, Soane's collection was being referred to as an 'Academy of Architecture'.
	www.travellondon.com /templates/museums/sln.html (142 words)

	Soane, Sir John -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1768 Soane entered the office of George Dance the Younger, surveyor to the City of London.
		English astronomer John Frederick William Herschel was born in Slough, Buckinghamshire, on March 7, 1792.
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	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9068417?tocId=9068417&query=sir (822 words)

	John Soane and the Wooden Bridges of Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 18th century British architect, Sir John Soane, is best known for one of London's neoclassical masterpieces - the Bank of England building in Threadneedle Street.
		"John Soane and the Wooden Bridges of Switzerland" is on at Sir John Soane's Museum, in London, from February 14 to April 19.
		During his long professional career, Soane often planned bridges and was consulted about their construction.
	www.uk-ch.org /articles/soane.html (264 words)

	Sir John Soane's Museum, London WC2: tourist information from TourUK
		This museum was left to the nation in by Sir John Soane in 1837, on the condition that nothing should be changed.
		Sir John Soane, who was one of Britain's leading 19th century architects, developed a neo-Classical style of his own and designed the Bank of England.
		Soane was the son of a bricklayer but made a marriage to the niece of a wealthy builder whose fortune he inherited.
	www.touruk.co.uk /london_houses/johnsoanes_house1.htm (362 words)

	Soane, Sir John on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thomas Banks's missing 'Cupid': the sculptor Thomas Banks is currently the subject of an exhibition at Sir John Soane's Museum.
		Behind the scenes at the museum; Beyond the extraordinary public galleries of London's Sir John Soane's Museum, lies a fascinating warren of unseen rooms.
		Soane and the Grenvilles: Peter Inskip traces the story of Sir John Soane's work at Stowe, Buckingham House, Brasenose College, and Wotton House.(architects,works)(Grenvilles)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Soane-S1i.asp (634 words)

	Charles Plante Fine Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chantrey and Soane were good friends, humbly born they achieved fortune as well as a knighthood and devoted their lives to the practice of their respective arts.
		The bust occupies pride of place below the dome at Sir John Soane's Museum, of which Chantrey was one of the four life-trustees until his death in 1841.
		It is characteristic of Soane that, even at the age of 78, he made several alternatives to this design but refused to allow any later considerations to stand in the way of introducing improvements to his initial concept.
	www.watercolours-drawings.com /38.htm (500 words)

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