Building a Great Victorian City. Leeds architects and architecture, 1790-1914

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Structured in two parts: 1] 'Major architects and the context of their work' comprising 18 essays on leading Leeds architects and the context of their profession and work including - Terry Friedman, 'The progress of professional architects in eighteenth century Leeds'; Christopher Webster, 'The architectural profession in Leeds, 1800-1850'; Janet Douglas, 'The architectural profession in Leeds, 1850-1914'; Kenneth Powell, 'The work of London architects in Leeds'. 2] 'Directory' containing profiles of 21 architects. Both parts taken together cover the following architects: Thomas Johnson, 1762-1814; Thomas Taylor, c1777-1826; Robert Dennis Chantrell, 1793-1872; John Clark, 1798-1857; James Simpson, 1791-1864; Cuthbert Brodrick, 1821-1905; Chorley & Connon, and their partners; Thomas Ambler, 1838-1920; George Corson, 1829-1910; Walter Samuel Braithwaite, 1854-1922; Thomas Howdill, 1840-1918; Charles Barker Howdill, 1863-1940; The Bedford & Kitson practice, 1892-1914; Percy Robinson, 1869-1950; Richard Life Adams, 1840-83; Elisha Backhouse, c 1810-94; William Bakewell, 1839-1925; Edward Birchall, 1838-1903; Philip Boyce, fl1846-59; Charles Walkett Burleigh, c1819-84; John Child, c1790-1868; Joseph Cusworth c1788-1844; George Francis Danby, 1845-1929; Jeremiah Dobson, fl1845-70; William Hill, c1827-1889; Lawrence Ingham, fl1814-1817; Benjamin Jackson, flc1814-36; William Alban Jones, 1875-1960; John Kelly, 1840-1904; William Belton Perkin, c1809-74; Thomas Shaw, fl1839-68; Stephen Ernest Smith, 1845-1925; William Henry Thorp, 1852-1944; John Tweedale, 1853-1905; Thomas Butler Wilson, 1859-1942. For the most substantial essays see individual BHE entries