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Ernest Gimson

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British architect (1864-1919)

ArchitectsLived 1864 to 1919 · aged 54
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Ernest William Gimson was an English furniture designer and architect. He was described by the art critic Nikolaus Pevsner as "the greatest of the English architect-designers".

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Drawing of Stoneywell by Ernest Gimson, July 1898Drawing of Stoneywell by Ernest Gimson, July 1898Ernest Gimson Blue Plaque displayed at the Belmont Hotel, De Montfort Street / New Walk, LeicesterErnest Gimson Blue Plaque displayed at the Belmont Hotel, De Montfort Street / New Walk, Leicester118 New Walk, Leicester: Gimson's childhood home118 New Walk, Leicester: Gimson's childhood homeInglewood (1892), Ratcliffe Road, LeicesterInglewood (1892), Ratcliffe Road, LeicesterThe White House (1898), North Avenue, LeicesterThe White House (1898), North Avenue, Leicester

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Ernest William Gimson was an English furniture designer and architect. He was described by the art critic Nikolaus Pevsner as "the greatest of the English architect-designers". Today his reputation is securely established as one of the most influential designers of the English Arts and Crafts movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Architects
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Architect
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deceased
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Lived 1864 to 1919 · aged 54
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