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RARE “King's College London" William Hoskins Hand Written Note Dated 1828:
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Up for sale a VERY RARE! "King's College London" William Hoskins Hand Written Note Dated 1828. 

writer, lecturer, and architect who had an important influence on the growth

and development of London in Victorian times. He became the first Professor of

Architecture at King's College London, and

associated this discipline in a scholarly fashion with interests in town

planning, civil engineering, history and antiquities. Hosking was born at Buckfastleigh in Devon,

the son of a woolen manufacturer. In 1809 he emigrated with his parents

to New South Wales (which

joined the federation of Australia in 1901), where his father, whose business

interests in Devon had been doing poorly, had accepted a government office. It

was here that Hosking's architectural career began for he was apprenticed to a

surveyor and builder. This profession continued to interest him when, in 1819,

he returned to England to seek further training, becoming articled to Rev. William Jenkins. In the early 1820s Hosking completed his articles and

travelled in southern Europe, including Italy; primarily to study art and

architecture with Jenkins's son John. This subsequently led to his exhibiting

drawings at the Royal Academy (including

"Temple of Concord, Agrigentum" and "Temple of Neptune at

Paestum") and provided original material for his first book: A

Selection of Architectural and Other Ornaments, Greek, Roman and Italian drawn

from the originals in various museums and buildings in Italy, published in

1827. Such scholarship led to his being elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in

1830. At about this date he was also commissioned by the Encyclopædia Britannica,

to contribute the chapters headed "Architecture" and

"Building", later to be supplemented with "The Drainage of

Towns". His interest in antiquities—in particular scholarly observation of

the architectural details of historic buildings—became reinforced by his

membership of the forerunner of the Royal Historical Society,

the Camden Society. Indeed,

historical accuracy came to characterise Hosking's approach to architecture, as

he sought to mix historical elements in appropriate ways. This eye for

historical detail was combined with a concern for equally detailed practical

improvements in construction techniques (such as fire retardation, damp

proofing, and other aspects of what has become known today as a branch of civil

engineering known as building control). By the early 1830s Hosking

had a sufficient reputation in the arts and sciences of buildings and

construction to secure an appointment with the new Birmingham, Bristol and Thames

Junction Railway Company (The West London Railway) to design an impressive

scheme for carrying a roadway over the Paddington Arm of the Grand Junction Canal (now

the Grand Union Canal); both

of which then passed over the new railway. His success in designing this

construction was much commented upon and assisted his election, in 1835, to

Fellowship of the Institute of British Architects (now the Royal Institute of British Architects, RIBA). Thereafter,

Hosking continued to develop his interest in bridge design, though more

academically, and went on to develop related interests in the construction of

buildings for fire resistance, avoidance of damp, etc., which led to his being

recognised as having competence in both civil engineering and architectural

spheres.

RARE “King's College London" William Hoskins Hand Written Note Dated 1828

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