James Gibbs

James Gibbs ( * December 23, 1682 in Aberdeen, † August 5, 1754 in London) was a Scottish architect.

After an initial training in his native city, he went to Rome to study architecture. Here he met the buildings Carlo Fontana, who influenced him long term.

In 1710 he came to London, where he became a pupil of Christopher Wren. In the following decades he worked as an architect in England and Ireland. He built the church of St. Mary -Le- beach. In addition, he served as architect for St. Martin-in -the-Fields in London, which was built in the period from 1722 to 1726 and is considered his major work.

In 1728 he published under the title Book of Architecture, a treatise on his designs. Four years later, his work appeared Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture.

In the years 1737 to 1749 was in Oxford to his designs, the Radcliffe Camera, a reading room which belongs to the University of Oxford 's Bodleian Library. For the honorary title of Master of Arts awarded him.

At Cambridge, he was responsible for the construction of the Senate House of the University. In addition to various buildings James Gibbs also designed numerous grave monuments. Conjecture that it the template for the White House in Washington, DC provided, however, could not be documented.

James Gibbs was one of the most influential architects of the Baroque in England. He died, 1754.