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    William Kent (c. 1685 – 12 April 1748) was an English architect, landscape architect, painter and furniture designer of the early 18th century. He began...
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    William Kent Krueger (born November 16, 1950) is an American novelist and crime writer, best known for his series of novels featuring Cork O'Connor, which...
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  • William Kent (1685–1748) was an English architect, landscape architect and furniture designer. William or Willie Kent may also refer to: William T. Kent...
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    William Saville-Kent (10 July 1845 – 11 October 1908) was an English marine biologist, naturalist, Commissioner and Inspector of Tasmanian Fisheries and...
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    extensions and interiors were designed for the 2nd Viscount Townshend by William Kent, who brought details of its frontispiece on the North Front more closely...
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  • William Kent (died 1632), of Dinton, Wiltshire; later of Durrington and Boscombe House, East Boscombe, Wiltshire, was an English estate manager and politician...
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  • Ordinary Grace is a book written by William Kent Krueger and published by Atria Books on 26 March 2013. It won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 2014....
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    William Knox Schroeder (/ˈʃroʊdər/; July 20, 1950 – May 4, 1970) was a student at Kent State University, Ohio, when he was killed by Ohio National Guardsmen...
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    garden presented an idealized view of nature. Created and pioneered by William Kent and others, the "informal" garden style originated as a revolt against...
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    William Kent (March 29, 1864 – March 13, 1928) was an American politician, conservationist and philanthropist from Marin County, California. He served...
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  • William Gustavus Kent (1837–1905) was an American politician. Kent was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, on 10 August 1837. Shortly thereafter, his family...
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  • William Kent (C. 1919 - August 16, 2012) was an American sculptor and printmaker. He is known for inventing a new form of printing for his artworks involving...
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  • William Thomas Kent (April 29, 1886 - October 5, 1945) was an American stage actor who later appeared in sound films. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota...
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    the English landscape garden style. Unlike other architects including William Kent, he was a hands-on gardener and provided his clients with a full turnkey...
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    Burlington sponsored the career of the artist, architect and landscaper William Kent, and their joint creation, Holkham Hall in Norfolk, has been described...
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    44 Berkeley Square was built in 1740 (to the design of the architect William Kent) for Lady Isabella "Bell" Finch (1700–1771) who was a Lady of the Bedchamber...
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  • Works from 1736. He was a close follower of the neo-Palladian architect William Kent. John Vardy was born to a simple working family in Durham. His early...
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    William Neville, Earl of Kent KG (c. 1405 – 9 January 1463) and jure uxoris 6th Baron Fauconberg, was an English nobleman and soldier. He fought during...
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    Kent is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east...
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    Earl of Leicester (of the fifth creation of the title) by the architect William Kent, aided by Lord Burlington. Holkham Hall is one of England's finest examples...
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    flamingoes, and the Waterloo Vase. There is also a summerhouse attributed to William Kent, a helicopter landing pad on the great lawn below the West Terrace, and...
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    Row were designed by William Kent. Initially, the street was occupied mainly by military officers and their wives; later William Pitt the Younger and...
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    within the Kent Group National Park. The islands were named Kent's Group by Matthew Flinders, "in honour of my friend captain William Kent, then commander...
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    invariably since 1905, been held by the prime minister. Walpole commissioned William Kent to join the three houses and it is this larger house that is known as...
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    Badminton House (category William Kent buildings)
    For the fourth duke, who succeeded his brother in 1745, the architect William Kent renovated and extended the house in the Palladian style, but many earlier...
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    Rousham House (category William Kent buildings)
    the ownership of one family, was built circa 1635 and remodelled by William Kent in the 18th century in a free Gothic style. Further alterations were...
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  • William Rice Kent (27 February 1873 – 8 March 1956) was an Irish politician from County Cork. Kent and three brothers—Thomas, David and Richard—were involved...
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    Enid Kent is an American actress, born in Los Angeles on 14 January 1945. She was born to William Kent, a German-Jewish immigrant, insurance broker and...
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  • known as a prominent supporting character in William Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear. The Earldom Kent was first created by Cnut the Great for Godwin...
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    minutes' walk from St Paul's Cathedral. The event centred on three people: William Kent, a usurer from Norfolk; Richard Parsons, a parish clerk; and Parsons'...
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