Frederick Charles Eden (8 March 1864 – 15 July 1944) was an English church architect and designer.
Frederick Eden was born in
Brighton
Brighton ( ) is a seaside resort in the city status in the United Kingdom, city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age, R ...
, Sussex, England.
He was the son of
Frederick Morton Eden and Louisa Ann Parker.
Eden was a pupil and later assistant of
George Frederick Bodley
George Frederick Bodley (14 March 182721 October 1907) was an English Gothic Revival architect. He was a pupil of Sir George Gilbert Scott and worked with C. E. Kempe. He was in partnership with Thomas Garner for much of his career and was ...
and
Thomas Garner
Thomas Garner (1839 – 30 April 1906) was one of the leading English Gothic Revival architects of the Victorian era. He is known for his almost 30-year partnership with the architect George Frederick Bodley.
Early life
Born at Wasperton H ...
. Subsequently he started his own architectural practice. He increasingly concentrated on designing church
fittings and
stained glass
Stained glass refers to coloured glass as a material or art and architectural works created from it. Although it is traditionally made in flat panels and used as windows, the creations of modern stained glass artists also include three-dimensio ...
. In 1908, he remodelled the interior of
St Paul's Church in
Oxford
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The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou ...
.
In 1910, he established a studio in
Red Lion Square
Red Lion Square is a small square in Holborn, London. The square was laid out in 1684 by Nicholas Barbon, taking its name from the Red Lion Inn. According to some sources, the bodies of three regicides—Oliver Cromwell, John Bradshaw and H ...
, London.
In 1919, Eden designed a
Jesse window for the Chapel of Our Lady and St George (Lady Chapel) in
St Peter's Collegiate Church
St Peter's Collegiate Church is located in central Wolverhampton, England. For many centuries it was a Chapel Royal, chapel royal and from 1480 a royal peculiar, independent of the Diocese of Lichfield and even the Province of Canterbury. The ...
, Wolverhampton, replacing a similar one which was there in pre-Reformation times, showing the genealogy of Jesus from
Jesse, father of King David. It is a memorial to the worshippers of St Peter's who gave their lives in the First World War.
Eden was a member of the
Art Workers Guild.
There are drawings by Eden in the collections of the
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen ...
.
References
External links
Frederick Charles Eden publicationson
Amazon.com
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1864 births
1944 deaths
People from Brighton
English ecclesiastical architects
English furniture designers
English stained glass artists and manufacturers
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