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ID: 500009886
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500009886

 

Record Type: Person
Eyre, Wilson (American architect, 1858-1944)

Note: American architect, Philadelphis; in partnership with J. Gilbert McIlvaine.

Names:
Eyre, Wilson (preferred,V,index,LC,English-P,NA,U)
Wilson Eyre (V,display)
Eyre, Wilson, Jr. (U)

Nationalities:
American (preferred)

Roles:
architect (preferred)

Gender: male

Events:
active:   Italy (Europe) (nation)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
associated with ....  American Institute of Architects. Philadelphia Chapter  
............................  (American organization, contemporary) [500215727]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Eyre, Wilson (I)

Biographies:
(American architect, 1858-1944) ..... [BHA Preferred]
(American architect, in partnership with J. Gilbert McIlvaine, 1858-1944) ..... [AVERY]
(American architect, 1858-1944) ..... [AVERY]
(American architect, 1858-1944) ..... [Grove Art]
(artist, born 1858) ..... [GRL]
(architect, 1858-1944, active United States (North and Central America)) ..... [GRL]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Eyre, Wilson ........ [AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, GRL Preferred, Grove Art Preferred]
..........................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
..........................  Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
..........................  GRIL NACO contribution (n.d.)
..........................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
..........................  LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.] NAFR9330476
..........................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr93030476
Eyre, Wilson, Jr. ........ [GRL]
...................................  GRIL NACO contribution (n.d.)
...................................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr93030476
Wilson Eyre ........ [GRL, VP]
........................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
........................  GRIL NACO contribution (n.d.)

Subject: ........ [AVERY, BHA, Gallery Systems, GRL, Grove Art, VP]
....................  Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (1963-)
....................  Brit. encyc. of Amer. art, 1973: p. 166 (Eyre, Wilson, Jr.; architect, influenced by William Morris; b. Florence, Italy 1858, d. 1944)
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: nr93030476
....................  GRIL NACO contribution (n.d.)
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.] NAFR9330476
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: nr93030476
....................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr93030476
....................  Penn University Archives & Records Center website, Penn People, viewed February 25, 2019 (Wilson Eyre, Jr.; born in Florence, Italy in 1858 to a Philadelphia family; did not return to live in the United States until he was 11 years old; attended M.I.T. but never earned an advanced degree in architecture; began his career in the Philadelphia office of James Peacock Simms in 1877; after Sims' death in 1882, Eyre took over the practice, worked independently until 1911 when he formed a partnership with John Gilbert McIlvaine; president of the Philadelphia chapter of the American Institute of Architects 1897-1902; best known for his residences, particularly those in the shingle style; founder and first editor of House and Garden magazine; taught at the School of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, 1890-1894; award honorary Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.) degree from there in 1926; one of the architects of the University Museum)
....................  RLIN data base, 08/10/93 (hdg.: Eyre, Wilson, 1858-1944; usage: Wilson Eyre)
....................  Who Was Who in America (1943-)
....................  Withey, American Architects (1996)
....................  Wodehouse, American Architects from the First World War (1977)
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY]
.......... LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
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