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Fuller, Thomas
Fuller, Thomas (1823–98). English architect. He settled in Canada (1857), where he formed a partnership with Canadian-born Chilion Jones (1835–1912). They designed St Stephen's-in-the-Fields, Toronto (1858), in the Gothic style, before building their grandest work, the Parliament Building, Ottawa (1859–67), the Gothic Revival style of which emphasized the connection between the traditions of Great Britain and British Canada. Only the library-block (reminiscent of a medieval chapterhouse) survives, as the building was destroyed by the tragic fire of 1916 and reconstructed on simpler lines by J. Omar Marchand (1873–1936) and John A. Pearson (1867–1940). Fuller won the competition to design the New York State Capitol in Albany in 1863, later altered by Eidlitz and Richardson after Fuller and his then partner Augustus Laver (1834–98) were dismissed after a newly-formed Advisory Board recommended major changes to the plan and of style. Fuller and Laver won the competition to design the San Francisco City House and Law Courts (1871—destroyed 1906), but its construction was fraught with difficulties, and Fuller returned to Canada in 1881 as Chief Architect of the Department of Public Works, and under his aegis some 140 buildings were designed and erected, including post-offices in a variety of styles, all substantial works of architecture.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Fuller, Thomas." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Fuller, Thomas." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-FullerThomas.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Fuller, Thomas." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-FullerThomas.html |
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Fuller, Thomas
Fuller, Thomas (1608–61), became, after the Restoration, ‘chaplain in extraordinary’ to the king. He published The Historie of the Holy Warre (i.e. of the Crusades) in 1639; The Holy State and the Profane State (1642); Good Thoughts in Bad Times (1645); A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine (1650), a topographical and historical work; and The Church-History of Britain; with the History of the University of Cambridge (1655). The History of the Worthies of England (1662) is his best-known and most characteristic work. His writings are marked by a lively and eccentric curiosity, by ‘fantastic caprices’ ( L. Stephen), and by a fondness for aphorisms.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Fuller, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Fuller, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-FullerThomas.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Fuller, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-FullerThomas.html |
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Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller 1608–61, English clergyman and author. He was an able preacher and a noted wit. He adhered to the royalist cause during the civil war and the Commonwealth and served briefly as a royal chaplain. He is best known for his posthumously published Worthies of England (1662), an invaluable store of antiquarian information. |
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"Thomas Fuller." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Thomas Fuller." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-FullerT.html "Thomas Fuller." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-FullerT.html |
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Fuller, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Fuller, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-FullerThomas.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Fuller, Thomas." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-FullerThomas.html |
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