The lives of the British architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers (1909)
Chancellor, E. Beresford (Edwin Beresford), 1868-1937 · London, Duckworth and Co.; New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 35
a relatively liberal education and prepared for thestruggles of the world. His wealth was great; as achurchman he had no direct heirs; his frugality patent toall eyes; indeed, he seems not to have escaped the chargeof parsimony in a generation in which outward show wasregarded as a necessary… … ^ ^ o >^.o o (Jo WYKEHAM AND HIS PREDECESSORS 15 temporaries by announcing his resolve to erect a collegefor the perpetual maintenance and education of no lessthan two hundred scholars. The country had hardly time tocease wondering at such a splendid destination for thewealth which all the world…
Architects
Internet Archive · Wellesley College Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
