Ernest Gimson
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Ernest William Gimson (/ˈdʒɪmsən/; 21 December 1864 – 12 August 1919) was an English furniture designer and architect. Gimson was described by the art critic Nikolaus Pevsner as "the greatest of the English architect-designers".[1] Today his reputation is securely established as one of the most influential designers of the English Arts and Crafts movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Born | Ernest William Gimson (1864-12-21)21 December 1864 Leicester, England |
Died | 12 August 1919(1919-08-12) (aged 54) Sapperton, England |
Occupation | Architect |
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