William Butterfield

British architect (1814-1900)

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[13]
Date of birth: September 7, 1814
Date of death: February 23, 1900
Place of birth: London
Place of death: London
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[7]
Occupation: architect
Award received: Royal Gold Medal, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries^[11]^[12]
Notable work: St Paul's Cathedral, All Saints, Margaret Street, St James' Church, Christleton^[8]^[9]^[10]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[20]
Artist files at: Frick Art Research Library^[23]
Described by source: Dictionary of National Biography, first supplement, BEIC Digital Library, Men of the Time, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]
Family name: Butterfield^[14]
Given name: William^[15]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library^[21]
Place of burial: Tomb Of William Butterfield In Tottenham Cemetery^[6]
Writing language: English^[22]

🏷️ Also known as

en William Butterfield el Ουίλιαμ Μπάττέρφιλντ ja ウィリアム・バターフィールド ru Уильям Баттерфилд zh 威廉·巴特菲爾德

🔖 Identifiers · 59

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VIAF cluster ID: 62347464
Library of Congress Authorities ID: nr2004021686
GND ID: 118921681
AbART person ID: 144644
American Academy in Rome ID: 12367152
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID: 151059128
ArchINFORM person/group ID: 2723
Art UK artist ID: butterfield-william-18141900
Artist-info artist ID: 274067
Artists of the World ID: 10148254
Artnet artist ID: william-butterfield

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AskArt person ID: 11092015
BabelNet ID: 00014266n
Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Architects 1800-1950 person ID: butterfield-william
Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts person ID: 5903
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: butterfield-william
CANTIC ID: 981058618365006706
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp00542380
Dictionary of Scottish Architects ID: 200645
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/William-Butterfield
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: william-butterfield
FAST ID: 1593370
Freebase ID: /m/0m9x7
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID: 991004003949707141
Grove Art Online ID: T012735
IdRef ID: 161345182
Interlingual Index ID: i94613
IxTheo authority ID: 079698778
J9U entity ID: 987007604321305171
Lex ID: William_Butterfield
Libraries Australia ID: 35899172
Met Constituent ID: 91015
NE.se ID: william-butterfield
NLA Trove people ID: 1137301
National Library of Wales Authority ID: butterfield-william-1814-1900
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID: mp85781
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 070362785
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3882378
Open Library ID: OL5043290A
Open Plaques subject ID: 385
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 4228
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095538947
RKDartists ID: 14505
SBN author ID: USMV969036
SNAC ARK ID: w6f49c23
SNARC ID: Swakopmund
Saint Louis Art Museum person ID: 3388
Structurae person ID: 1009121
Topic's main category: Category:William Butterfield
Treccani ID: william-butterfield
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID: william-butterfield
UK National Archives ID: F52071
Union List of Artist Names ID: 500005574
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058618365006706
Watercolour World artist ID: william-butterfield
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 10896413-n
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJxhffF3wBt89pbwfQ7fv3
Yale LUX ID: person/3761727c-ce98-40df-a75d-619f9de2ea87

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Cathedral of The Isles, St Paul's Cathedral, St Ninian's Cathedral, St Peter's Cathedral, All Saints, Margaret Street

Described by source 2

Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, BEIC Digital Library

Notable work 2

St Paul's Cathedral, All Saints, Margaret Street

Award received 1

Royal Gold Medal

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Given name 1

William

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Occupation 1

architect

Place of birth 1

London

Place of death 1

London

SNARC ID 1

Swakopmund

Sex or gender 1

male

Writing language 1

English

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Summary

William Butterfield was born on September 7, 1814^[1], in London^[2]. He died on February 23, 1900^[3], in London^[4]. He worked as an architect^[5].

FAQs

Where was William Butterfield born?

William Butterfield's place of birth was London^[2].

Where did William Butterfield die?

William Butterfield died in London^[4].

What did William Butterfield do for work?

William Butterfield worked as an architect^[5].

What awards did William Butterfield receive?

Honors received include Royal Gold Medal^[11] and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries^[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ William Butterfield — place of birth (P19): London. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ William Butterfield — place of death (P20): London. Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved 2018-10-25. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ William Butterfield — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ William Butterfield — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ William Butterfield — occupation (P106): architect. Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved 2019-05-14. cs.isabart.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ William Butterfield — place of burial (P119): Tomb Of William Butterfield In Tottenham Cemetery. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ William Butterfield — award received (P166): Royal Gold Medal. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ William Butterfield — award received (P166): Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ William Butterfield — date of birth (P569): September 7, 1814. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2017-10-09. cs.isabart.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ William Butterfield — date of death (P570): February 23, 1900. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2017-10-09. cs.isabart.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ William Butterfield — family name (P734): Butterfield. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ William Butterfield — given name (P735): William. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ William Butterfield — notable work (P800): St Paul's Cathedral. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ William Butterfield — notable work (P800): All Saints, Margaret Street. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ William Butterfield — notable work (P800): St James' Church, Christleton. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ William Butterfield — described by source (P1343): Dictionary of National Biography, first supplement. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ William Butterfield — described by source (P1343): BEIC Digital Library. digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ William Butterfield — described by source (P1343): Men of the Time. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ William Butterfield — described by source (P1343): Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ William Butterfield — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ William Butterfield — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ William Butterfield — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ William Butterfield — artist files at (P9493): Frick Art Research Library. wikidata.org.

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