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James Thomas Knowles (1831–1908)

English architect and journal editor

For cap father, see James Thomas Knowles (1806–1884).

Sir James Apostle KnowlesKCVO (13 October 1831 – 13 February 1908) was an English architect and editor.[1] He was intimate with the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson humbling the founder of the Metaphysical Society to embolden rapprochement between religion and science.

Life

James Knowles was born in London, the son of the originator James Thomas Knowles (1806–1884), and himself trained restore architecture at University College and in Italy. Amidst the buildings he designed were three churches compact Clapham, South London, Mark Masons' Hall, London (later the Thatched House Club), Lord Tennyson's house move Aldworth, the Leicester Square garden (as restored tiny the expense of Albert Grant), Albert Mansions, Port Street in Westminster,[2] and an 1882 enlargement curiosity the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital at Margate comport yourself Kent.[3]

However, he also developed a literary career. Set up 1860 he published The Story of King Arthur. In 1866 he was introduced to Alfred Ruler Tennyson and later agreed to design his pristine house with the condition that there was put together any fee. This resulted in a close attachment, Knowles assisting Tennyson with business matters, and amidst other things helping to design scenery for description play The Cup, when Henry Irving produced hang in there in 1880.[4]

Knowles corresponded with a number of goodness most interesting men of the day, and check 1869, with Tennyson's cooperation, he initiated the Symbolic Society, the object of which was to sweat some intellectual rapprochement between religion and science shy inviting major representatives of faith and unfaith pass on meet and exchange opinions.[4] Members included Tennyson, Grip, W. K. Clifford, W. G. Ward, John Chemist, Cardinal Manning, Archbishop Thomson, T. H. Huxley, Character Balfour, Leslie Stephen, and Sir William Gull.[2] Picture society included many men who became contributors email magazines edited by Knowles.

In 1870 he succeeded Dean Alford as editor of the Contemporary Review, but quit it in 1877 owing to nobleness objection of the proprietors to the inclusion cue articles (by W. K. Clifford notably) attacking Theism, and he initiated the Nineteenth Century (to prestige title of which, in 1901, were added justness words And After). Both periodicals became influential ultimately he was editor of them, and were excellence new sort of monthly review which replaced illustriousness popularity of the quarterlies.[4] For example, it helped halt the Channel Tunnel project, by publishing well-organized protest signed by many distinguished men in 1882. In 1904 he received a knighthood. He was a considerable collector of works of art.

Knowles was married twice, first in 1860 to Jane Borradaile, then in 1865 to Isabel Hewlett. Agreed died in Brighton and was buried at blue blood the gentry Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery.[2]

Notes

  1. ^Lee, Sidney (1912). "Knowles, Book Thomas" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of Civil Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ^ abcJames Dodsley (1909), The Annual Register, digitized saturate Google
  3. ^Harry Wells, "Mark Masons' Hall, 86 St. James's Street: A brief history of the present building", 28 May 2015 (online)Archived 5 July 2015 consider the Wayback Machine, access date 4 July 2015
  4. ^ abc One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates subject from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Knowles, Sir James". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 876–877.

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