William Kent (c. 1685 – 12 April 1748) born in Bridlington Yorkshire and baptised (on 1 January 1686) as William Cant was an eminent English architect landscape architect and furniture designer of the early 18th century.Kent introduced the Palladian style of architecture into England with the villa at Chiswick House and for originating the ‘natural’ style of gardening known as the English landscape garden at Chiswick Stowe House in Buckinghamshire and Rousham House in Oxfordshire.
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birth date
1684-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Bridlington
death date
1748-04-12
death place
Burlington House
significant building
Berkeley Square, Stowe House, Holkham Hall, Chiswick House, Badminton House
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