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Andrew Noble Prentice
Andrew Noble Prentice (20 April 1866 - 23 December 1941) was a British architect. Family He was born on 20 April 1866 in Greenock, the son of Thomas Prentice (1830 - 1908) and Jessie Mcalpine (b 1829). He died on 23 December 1941 in Llandudno and left and estate valued at £43,960 (). Of this, £6,000 was left to the Royal Institute of British Architects to provide travelling associatedships or studentships to Spain and also for books for the library of the Institute. Career He was educated at Glasgow University and then articled to William Leiper of Glasgow from 1883. In 1888 he won the Soane Medallion Travelling Studentship by the Royal Institute of British Architects for a design for a gentleman's residence. From 1890 to 1892 he was assistant to Thomas Edward Collcutt in London. In 1891 he was awarded second prize in the Owen Jones competition of the Royal Institute of British Architects for a selection of sketches in watercolour and pencil from a recent visit to Spain and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Six Bells At Witham-on-the-Hill, Near Bourne, Lincolnshire (geograph 4493761)
''The'' is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
